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 flavimaculata

• 246940

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 246939

  3 trait measurements

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• 210110

  Type of skeleton

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

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Pacifigorgia gracilis

• 250316

  Branch diameter

  0.60 (mm)

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• 250318

  Calyx width

  0.34 (mm)

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• 250314

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 209934

  Type of skeleton

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

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Pacifigorgia irene

• 246953

  2 trait measurements

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• 250326

  2 trait measurements

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• 250327

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 250328

  Branch diameter

  0.60 (mm)

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• 246950

  3 trait measurements

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• 246951

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 209922

  Type of skeleton

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

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• 246952

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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Pacifigorgia lacerata

• 210111

  Type of skeleton

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

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Pacifigorgia machalilla

• 246962

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 246964

  2 trait measurements

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• 246963

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 210112

  Type of skeleton

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

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Pacifigorgia marviva

• 210113

  Type of skeleton

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

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• 246521

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 246520

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 246518

  4 trait measurements

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• 246512

  Branching architecture

  net-like (cat)

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