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

Swiftia pourtalesii

• 238918

  Type locality depth

  103.00 (fm)

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• 238919

  2 trait measurements

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Swiftia pusilla

• 245931

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 245928

  Branching architecture

  irregular (cat)

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• 245932

  2 trait measurements

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Swiftia sahlingi

• 245221

  2 trait measurements

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• 245230

  2 trait measurements

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• 245223

  2 trait measurements

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• 245222

  4 trait measurements

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• 245224

  2 trait measurements

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Swiftia torreyi

• 242233

  Polyp diameter

  1 (mm)

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• 242234

  Polyp height

  1 (mm)

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• 242230

  3 trait measurements

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Symphyllia agaricia

• 137742

  Genus fossil stage

  Recent (cat)

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• 73330

  Abundance world

  common (cat)

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• 73326

  IUCN Red List category

  LC (cat)

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• 73319

  Abundance GBR

  uncommon (cat)

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• 73337

  Water clarity preference

  clear (cat)

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• 108431

  Coloniality

  colonial (cat)

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• 106964

  Substrate attachment

  attached (cat)

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• 137744

  Genus fossil stage

  Burdigalian (cat)

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• 137745

  Genus fossil age

  20.5 (mya)

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• 137746

  Genus fossil stage

  Pliocene (cat)

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• 137747

  Genus fossil age

  5.3 (mya)

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• 137748

  Genus fossil age

  23.8 (mya)

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