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

Pachyseris rugosa

• 136265

  Genus fossil age

  23.8 (mya)

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Pachyseris speciosa

• 136272

  Genus fossil stage

  Miocene (cat)

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• 108261

  Coloniality

  colonial (cat)

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• 57228

  Wave exposure preference

  broad (cat)

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• 136273

  Genus fossil age

  23.8 (mya)

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• 57219

  IUCN Red List category

  LC (cat)

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• 57206

  Zooxanthellate

  zooxanthellate (cat)

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• 106794

  Substrate attachment

  attached (cat)

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• 57222

  Abundance world

  common (cat)

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• 57229

  Water clarity preference

  clear (cat)

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• 57212

  Abundance GBR

  common (cat)

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• 136268

  Genus fossil stage

  Miocene (cat)

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• 136269

  Genus fossil age

  23.8 (mya)

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• 136270

  Genus fossil stage

  Miocene middle (cat)

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• 136271

  Genus fossil age

  16.4 (mya)

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• 113119

  Colony maximum diameter

  2 (m)

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• 136274

  Genus fossil age

  65 (mya)

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• 136275

  Genus fossil age

  33.9 (mya)

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Pacifigorgia adamsii

• 250206

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 250205

  2 trait measurements

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• 210094

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core containing non-scleritic carbonate hydroxylapatite (CHAp) (cat)

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• 250210

  Calyx width

  0.35 (mm)

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• 250209

  Branch diameter

  0.65 (mm)

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• 250208

  4 trait measurements

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Pacifigorgia agassizii

• 210095

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core containing non-scleritic carbonate hydroxylapatite (CHAp) (cat)

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