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

Polycyathus senegalensis

• 63839

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Polycyathus verrilli

• 63864

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Polymyces fragilis

• 63890

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Polymyces montereyensis

• 63919

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Polymyces wellsi

• 63950

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Polyphyllia novaehiberniae

• 108334

  Coloniality

  colonial (cat)

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• 136875

  Genus fossil stage

  Recent (cat)

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• 63999

  IUCN Red List category

  NT (cat)

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• 64004

  Abundance world

  common (cat)

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• 64011

  Water clarity preference

  clear (cat)

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• 63992

  Zooxanthellate

  zooxanthellate (cat)

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• 106867

  Substrate attachment

  unattached (cat)

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• 64010

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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Polyphyllia talpina

• 64077

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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• 64059

  Abundance GBR

  common (cat)

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• 108335

  Coloniality

  colonial (cat)

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• 64054

  Zooxanthellate

  zooxanthellate (cat)

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• 64078

  Water clarity preference

  clear (cat)

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• 106868

  Substrate attachment

  unattached (cat)

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• 136880

  Genus fossil stage

  Recent (cat)

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• 64071

  Abundance world

  common (cat)

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• 64066

  IUCN Red List category

  LC (cat)

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Porcupinella profunda

• 245636

  4 trait measurements

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• 245639

  2 trait measurements

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• 245635

  4 trait measurements

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