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

Paracyathus arcuatus

• 57511

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus cavatus

• 57540

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus conceptus

• 57566

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus coronatus

• 57596

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus ebonensis

• 57622

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus fulvus

• 57648

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus humilis

• 57679

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus indicusgracilis

• 57710

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus indicusindicus

• 57736

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus lifuensis

• 57762

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus molokensis

• 57788

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus montereyensis

• 57814

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus parvulus

• 57846

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus porcellanus

• 57872

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus profundus

• 57898

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus pruinosus

• 57924

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus pulchellus

• 57955

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus rotundatus

• 57984

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus stearnsii

• 58022

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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• 58032

  Water clarity preference

  both (cat)

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• 58031

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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Paracyathus stokesii

• 58057

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paracyathus vittatus

• 58083

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Paragoniastrea australensis

• 106796

  Substrate attachment

  attached (cat)

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• 38956

  Abundance GBR

  common (cat)

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