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

Paraminabea acronocephala

• 209335

  Colony height

  11.50 (mm)

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Paraminabea aldersladei

• 234898

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 234899

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 234900

  Marine province

  Northwest Australian Shelf (cat)

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Paraminabea arborea

• 209347

  Depth lower

  10 (m)

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• 209352

  Depth lower

  10 (m)

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Paraminabea cosmarioides

• 209348

  Depth lower

  10 (m)

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Paraminabea goslineri

• 209356

  Depth lower

  10 (m)

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• 209354

  Depth lower

  10 (m)

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• 209334

  Colony height

  11.50 (mm)

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Paraminabea hongkongensis

• 209322

  3 trait measurements

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• 209323

  2 trait measurements

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• 209324

  2 trait measurements

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• 209371

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 209358

  Depth lower

  10 (m)

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Paraminabea indica

• 209349

  Depth lower

  10 (m)

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• 209353

  Depth lower

  10 (m)

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Paraminabea kosiensis

• 209350

  Depth lower

  10 (m)

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Paraminabea robusta

• 209351

  Depth lower

  10 (m)

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Paraminabea rubeusa

• 245856

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 245857

  Polyp dimorphism

  1.00 (bin)

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• 245854

  3 trait measurements

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Paramontastraea peresi

• 136286

  Genus fossil age

  130 (mya)

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• 136279

  Genus fossil stage

  Jurassic Upper (cat)

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• 136285

  Genus fossil age

  121 (mya)

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