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 gravis

• 231684

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231685

  Marine province

  Tropical Northwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 231686

  Marine province

  Eastern Coral Triangle (cat)

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• 231687

  Marine province

  Northeast Australian Shelf (cat)

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• 231688

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 231689

  Marine realm

  Eastern Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231690

  Marine province

  Southeast Polynesia (cat)

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• 231691

  Marine province

  Central Polynesia (cat)

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• 231692

  Marine realm

  Temperate Northern Pacific (cat)

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Sclerophytum grayi

• 231696

  Marine province

  Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (cat)

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• 231698

  Marine realm

  Eastern Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231695

  Marine realm

  Western Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231694

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 231699

  Marine province

  Southeast Polynesia (cat)

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• 231697

  Marine province

  Western Indian Ocean (cat)

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Sclerophytum gyrosum

• 231702

  Marine realm

  Western Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231703

  Marine province

  Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (cat)

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• 231701

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Sclerophytum halversoni

• 233103

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 231705

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 231706

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231707

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 233105

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 233104

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Sclerophytum heterospiculatum

• 231713

  Marine realm

  Western Indo-Pacific (cat)

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