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

Plumarella alternata

• 207139

  4 trait measurements

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• 207140

  Polyp height

  1.5 (mm)

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Plumarella aurea

• 238712

  Type locality depth

  310 (fm)

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• 238713

  Polyp height

  1 (mm)

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• 238710

  Marine province

  Tropical Northwestern Atlantic (cat)

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• 238709

  Marine realm

  Tropical Atlantic (cat)

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• 238708

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 238706

  2 trait measurements

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• 238705

  Branching architecture

  pinnate (cat)

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• 238704

  4 trait measurements

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• 243295

  2 trait measurements

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• 243293

  3 trait measurements

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Plumarella bayeri

• 246748

  3 trait measurements

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• 246749

  2 trait measurements

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• 246750

  2 trait measurements

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Plumarella circumoperculum

• 259833

  2 trait measurements

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Plumarella delicata

• 255155

  Coordination of polyps

  isolated (cat)

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Plumarella dichotoma

• 243280

  2 trait measurements

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• 243278

  4 trait measurements

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Plumarella flabellata

• 295140

  4 trait measurements

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Plumarella laxiramosa

• 243267

  3 trait measurements

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• 243269

  2 trait measurements

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• 243266

  Colony height

  24 (cm)

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Plumarella longispina

• 242377

  2 trait measurements

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• 242373

  3 trait measurements

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