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

Sclerophytum arctium

• 234607

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 234605

  Marine province

  Sunda Shelf (cat)

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• 234604

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Sclerophytum asterolobatum

• 231449

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231450

  Marine province

  Northeast Australian Shelf (cat)

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• 231452

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Sclerophytum australiense

• 234859

  Marine province

  Sahul shelf (cat)

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• 234862

  Type of skeleton

  No axis, unconsolidated sclerites embedded in tissue (cat)

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• 234857

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 234858

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Sclerophytum babeldaobense

• 232653

  Type locality depth

  25.00 (m)

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Sclerophytum barcaforme

• 231456

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 231454

  Marine province

  Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (cat)

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• 231453

  Marine realm

  Western Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Sclerophytum bisulcum

• 232657

  Type locality depth

  20.00 (m)

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Sclerophytum bremerense

• 232476

  Type locality depth

  2.00 (m)

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Sclerophytum capillosum

• 233962

  Marine province

  Sunda shelf (cat)

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• 231461

  Marine realm

  Temperate Northern Pacific (cat)

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• 231462

  Marine province

  Sea of Japan (cat)

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• 233960

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 231457

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231458

  Marine province

  South China Sea (cat)

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• 231460

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233961

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231463

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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