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

Parasphaerasclera kimberleyensis

• 234920

  2 trait measurements

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• 234908

  Marine province

  Northwest Australian Shelf (cat)

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Parasphaerasclera morifera

• 234574

  4 trait measurements

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Parasphaerasclera nezdoliyi

• 234586

  2 trait measurements

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• 234588

  Colony width

  5.00 (mm)

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• 234587

  Colony height

  20.00 (mm)

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• 234584

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 234582

  Marine province

  Sunda Shelf (cat)

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• 234581

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 234580

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Parasphaerasclera rotifera

• 295034

  4 trait measurements

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• 234570

  4 trait measurements

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Parasphaerasclera valdiviae

• 295066

  4 trait measurements

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• 234571

  4 trait measurements

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Parastenella atlantica

• 243799

  Branching architecture

  irregular dichotomous (cat)

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• 243814

  2 trait measurements

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• 243813

  4 trait measurements

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Parastenella pacifica

• 242353

  2 trait measurements

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• 242356

  Polyp height

  2.75 (mm)

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Parastenella pomponiae

• 245110

  3 trait measurements

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• 245111

  2 trait measurements

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• 245112

  Polyp height

  2.95 (mm)

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• 245118

  2 trait measurements

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Parastenella ramosa

• 242364

  Polyp height

  2.75 (mm)

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Paratelesto kinoshitai

• 209072

  4 trait measurements

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