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

Pacifigorgia agassizii

• 250218

  Branch diameter

  1.10 (mm)

  Show
• 250217

  2 trait measurements

  Show

Pacifigorgia arenata

• 250226

  Branch diameter

  1.75 (mm)

  Show
• 210096

  Type of skeleton

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

  Show

Pacifigorgia bayeri

• 250233

  3 trait measurements

  Show
• 210097

  Type of skeleton

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

  Show
• 250237

  Branch diameter

  1.50 (mm)

  Show
• 250234

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

  Show

Pacifigorgia cairnsi

• 210098

  Type of skeleton

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

  Show

Pacifigorgia catedralensis

• 210099

  Type of skeleton

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

  Show
• 241143

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

  Show
• 241141

  3 trait measurements

  Show
• 241140

  Type locality depth

  10.00 (m)

  Show

Pacifigorgia cribrum

• 246929

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

  Show
• 246931

  2 trait measurements

  Show
• 210100

  Type of skeleton

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

  Show
• 250245

  Branch diameter

  0.75 (mm)

  Show
• 246928

  3 trait measurements

  Show
• 246930

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

  Show

Pacifigorgia curta

• 210101

  Type of skeleton

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

  Show

Pacifigorgia dampieri

• 210102

  Type of skeleton

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

  Show

Pacifigorgia darwinii

• 210103

  Type of skeleton

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

  Show
• 250252

  2 trait measurements

  Show
• 250253

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

  Show
• 250254

  3 trait measurements

  Show