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

Rhodaniridogorgia superba

• 253646

  Colony height

  1.5 (m)

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Rhodolitica occulta

• 237312

  2 trait measurements

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• 237314

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Rhombopsammia niphada

• 69826

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Rhombopsammia squiresi

• 69857

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Rhytisma fulvum

• 234137

  Marine realm

  Western Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 206539

  4 trait measurements

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• 234138

  Marine province

  Western Indian Ocean (cat)

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• 234140

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Riisea paniculata

• 239134

  Branching architecture

  lateral (cat)

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• 239142

  Type locality depth

  43 (fm)

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• 239141

  2 trait measurements

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• 239140

  2 trait measurements

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• 239138

  Marine province

  Tropical Northwestern Atlantic (cat)

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• 239137

  Marine realm

  Tropical Atlantic (cat)

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• 243663

  2 trait measurements

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• 243667

  Calyx height

  3.4 (mm)

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• 234681

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 239136

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 239133

  4 trait measurements

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• 234682

  Marine realm

  Tropical Atlantic (cat)

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• 234683

  Marine province

  Tropical Northwestern Atlantic (cat)

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Rolandia coralloides

• 246179

  2 trait measurements

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Rosgorgia inexspectata

• 247015

  2 trait measurements

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• 247011

  3 trait measurements

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