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

Porites vaughani

• 67990

  Abundance world

  uncommon (cat)

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• 67977

  Abundance GBR

  common (cat)

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• 67984

  IUCN Red List category

  LC (cat)

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• 137402

  Genus fossil age

  54.8 (mya)

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• 137399

  Genus fossil stage

  Ypresian (cat)

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• 137400

  Genus fossil age

  54.8 (mya)

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• 108387

  Coloniality

  colonial (cat)

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• 137404

  Genus fossil age

  55.8 (mya)

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• 137401

  Genus fossil stage

  Eocene (cat)

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• 67995

  Wave exposure preference

  broad (cat)

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• 106920

  Substrate attachment

  attached (cat)

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Porphyrophyton distinctum

• 248048

  4 trait measurements

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• 248049

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 234575

  Growth form

  lobate (cat)

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• 248053

  2 trait measurements

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Pourtalocyathus hispidus

• 98089

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Pourtalopsammia togata

• 75147

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites

• 68114

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Pourtalosmilia conferta

• 68140

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Premocyathus cornuformis

• 68163

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Premocyathus dentiformis

• 68189

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Primnoa notialis

• 247846

  2 trait measurements

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• 247847

  2 trait measurements

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• 247848

  2 trait measurements

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• 247850

  Colony height

  1 (m)

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