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

Pleurocorallium gotoense

• 209780

  2 trait measurements

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Pleurocorallium inutile

• 245763

  Colony height

  6 (cm)

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• 209781

  2 trait measurements

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• 245758

  2 trait measurements

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• 245764

  2 trait measurements

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Pleurocorallium johnsoni

• 247367

  3 trait measurements

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• 247364

  2 trait measurements

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• 247369

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 247368

  Polyp dimorphism

  1.00 (bin)

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• 209782

  2 trait measurements

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Pleurocorallium konojoi

• 207470

  Colony height

  30.00 (cm)

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• 207441

  3 trait measurements

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• 207464

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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• 207473

  2 trait measurements

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• 209748

  2 trait measurements

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Pleurocorallium niveum

• 209783

  2 trait measurements

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Pleurocorallium norfolkicum

• 247595

  2 trait measurements

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• 247593

  Polyp dimorphism

  1.00 (bin)

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• 247596

  2 trait measurements

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• 247594

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 247589

  4 trait measurements

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• 247590

  2 trait measurements

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• 209784

  2 trait measurements

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• 247592

  3 trait measurements

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Pleurocorallium occultum

• 247316

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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