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

Pennatula rubra

• 241113

  Polyp dimorphism

  1.00 (bin)

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Peponocyathus dawsoni

• 60017

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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• 60008

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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• 60018

  Water clarity preference

  turbid (cat)

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Peponocyathus folliculus

• 60052

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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• 60043

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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• 60053

  Water clarity preference

  turbid (cat)

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Peponocyathus minimus

• 60087

  Water clarity preference

  turbid (cat)

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• 60078

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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• 60086

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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Perissogorgia viridis

• 233749

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 233748

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 233747

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Perissogorgia vitrea

• 233751

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233752

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 233753

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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Petrophyllia rediviva

• 16197

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Phacelocyathus flos

• 60111

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Phenganax marumi

• 246565

  2 trait measurements

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• 246562

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 246564

  Zooxanthellate

  zooxanthellate (cat)

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• 246560

  Polyp diameter

  4.75 (mm)

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• 246559

  2 trait measurements

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• 246553

  4 trait measurements

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Phenganax parrini

• 246488

  Polyp dimorphism

  0.00 (bin)

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