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

Nicella americana

• 243684

  3 trait measurements

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• 243685

  2 trait measurements

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Nicella carinata

• 233691

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233692

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 233693

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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Nicella deichmannae

• 243704

  3 trait measurements

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• 243705

  Calyx height

  0.7 (mm)

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Nicella flabellata

• 233696

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 233695

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233697

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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Nicella goreaui

• 247628

  2 trait measurements

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• 243676

  Trunk diameter

  3.8 (mm)

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• 243677

  2 trait measurements

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• 247626

  Depth zone

  moderately deep (cat)

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• 208108

  2 trait measurements

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• 243675

  2 trait measurements

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• 208109

  Colony height

  1.00 (ft)

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Nicella gracilis

• 243761

  Calyx height

  0.8 (mm)

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• 243760

  3 trait measurements

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Nicella guadalupensis

• 243751

  2 trait measurements

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• 239070

  4 trait measurements

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• 239072

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 239073

  Marine realm

  Tropical Atlantic (cat)

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• 234676

  Marine province

  Tropical Northwestern Atlantic (cat)

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• 234675

  Marine realm

  Tropical Atlantic (cat)

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