Methodology: Derived from textual description

ID: 22

Description:

Typically a group opinion that has been derived from text about a coral colony or species.

Used for traits:

• Axis presence
• Calcareous sclerites presence
• Larval swimming speed
• Main non-scleritic skeletal component
• Substrate attachment
• Type of skeleton
• IUCN Red List category
• Polyp type
• Water temperature
• Abundance GBR
• Abundance world
• Colony contractability
• Depth lower
• Depth upper
• Depth zone
• Light zone
• Type locality depth
• Water clarity preference
• Wave exposure preference
• Climate zone
• Marine province
• Marine realm
• Branch diameter
• Branching architecture
• Calyx height
• Calyx width
• Coloniality
• Colony height
• Colony maximum diameter
• Colony width
• Coordination of polyps
• Corallite width maximum
• Corallite width minimum
• Growth form
• Growth form (basic octocorallia)
• Growth form (detailed octocorallia)
• Growth outline type
• Number of pinnules per tentacle
• Polyp density
• Polyp diameter
• Polyp dimorphism
• Polyp height
• Polyp retractability
• Polyps per polyp leaf
• Rachis length
• Tentacle length
• Trunk diameter
• Type of growth
• Genus fossil age
• Genus fossil stage
• Growth rate
• Longevity
• Symbiodinium clade
• Tissue thickness
• Zooxanthellate
• Age at maturity
• Asexual reproduction mode
• Frequency of reproduction
• Larval length
• Larval width
• Mode of larval development
• Oocyte size at maturity
• Oogenic cycle duration
• Polyp fecundity
• Propagule size on release
• Reproductive period
• Sexual system
• Size at maturity
• Spawning date

Added by: Joshua Madin

Observations using this methodology

Nanipora kamurai

• 207788

  Tentacle length

  3.50 (mm)

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• 207785

  2 trait measurements

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Narella abyssalis

• 244431

  2 trait measurements

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Narella alaskensis

• 244453

  2 trait measurements

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Narella alvinae

• 244412

  2 trait measurements

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• 243080

  Polyp height

  2.90 (mm)

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Narella ambigua

• 245074

  Polyp height

  2.75 (mm)

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• 245080

  2 trait measurements

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• 245072

  3 trait measurements

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• 245073

  2 trait measurements

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Narella arbuscula

• 244441

  2 trait measurements

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Narella bayeri

• 244408

  4 trait measurements

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• 244411

  2 trait measurements

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• 244409

  2 trait measurements

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Narella bellissima

• 243038

  2 trait measurements

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• 243041

  Polyp height

  2.10 (mm)

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Narella candidae

• 254586

  4 trait measurements

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Narella cristata

• 244423

  2 trait measurements

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• 244421

  2 trait measurements

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Narella dichotoma

• 245382

  4 trait measurements

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• 245385

  2 trait measurements

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• 245390

  Polyp height

  3.00 (mm)

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Narella gilchristi

• 254552

  3 trait measurements

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• 254554

  Branch diameter

  8.00 (mm)

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Narella laxa

• 238749

  Marine realm

  Temperate Northern Atlantic (cat)

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