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

Paracanthoisis simplex

• 233767

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233768

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Parachrysogorgia admete

• 245287

  2 trait measurements

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Parachrysogorgia antarctica

• 241497

  2 trait measurements

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Parachrysogorgia binata

• 249225

  2 trait measurements

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• 249223

  2 trait measurements

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• 249222

  4 trait measurements

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Parachrysogorgia bracteata

• 245298

  2 trait measurements

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Parachrysogorgia calypso

• 245309

  2 trait measurements

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Parachrysogorgia chryseis

• 245322

  2 trait measurements

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Parachrysogorgia electra

• 245334

  2 trait measurements

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Parachrysogorgia octagonos

• 245316

  Polyp height

  2.50 (mm)

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Parachrysogorgia scintillans

• 245124

  Polyp height

  2.55 (mm)

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• 245131

  2 trait measurements

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• 245122

  3 trait measurements

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• 245123

  2 trait measurements

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Parachrysogorgia squamata

• 239218

  Type locality depth

  237 (fm)

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• 239211

  Branching architecture

  ziz-zag (cat)

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• 239213

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 239214

  Marine realm

  Tropical Atlantic (cat)

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• 239215

  Marine province

  Tropical Northwestern Atlantic (cat)

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• 239216

  2 trait measurements

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• 242882

  3 trait measurements

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• 242880

  Polyp height

  1.8 (mm)

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• 239219

  Polyp height

  1.5 (mm)

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