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 sculpta

• 241176

  4 trait measurements

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• 241175

  Type locality depth

  20.00 (m)

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Pacifigorgia senta

• 210122

  Type of skeleton

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

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Pacifigorgia smithsoniana

• 241166

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 241164

  3 trait measurements

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• 241163

  Type locality depth

  3.50 (m)

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• 210123

  Type of skeleton

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

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Pacifigorgia stenobrochis

• 209935

  Type of skeleton

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

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• 246989

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 250371

  Branch diameter

  3.50 (mm)

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• 250369

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 250368

  2 trait measurements

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• 246990

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 246991

  2 trait measurements

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• 246988

  3 trait measurements

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Pacifigorgia symbiotica

• 210124

  Type of skeleton

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

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Pacifigorgia tabogae

• 210125

  Type of skeleton

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

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Pacifigorgia tupperi

• 210126

  Type of skeleton

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

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Palauastrea ramosa

• 108262

  Coloniality

  colonial (cat)

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• 106795

  Substrate attachment

  attached (cat)

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• 136278

  Genus fossil age

  0.01 (mya)

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• 57292

  Abundance world

  uncommon (cat)

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• 57289

  IUCN Red List category

  NT (cat)

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• 57299

  Water clarity preference

  turbid (cat)

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• 57298

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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