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

Trimuricea bicolor

• 228860

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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• 235919

  3 trait measurements

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Trimuricea caledonica

• 228861

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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• 232793

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 232792

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 232794

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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Trimuricea flava

• 235938

  4 trait measurements

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• 228862

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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Trimuricea inermis

• 228863

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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• 235949

  4 trait measurements

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Trimuricea merguiensis

• 235957

  3 trait measurements

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• 228864

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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Trimuricea omanensis

• 235967

  4 trait measurements

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• 228865

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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Trimuricea persica

• 235976

  3 trait measurements

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• 228866

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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Trimuricea reticulata

• 232765

  Marine realm

  Western Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 232766

  Marine province

  Somali/Arabian (cat)

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• 228867

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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• 232764

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Trimuricea spinosa

• 228868

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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• 235996

  4 trait measurements

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Trimuricea tuberculosa

• 228869

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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• 236007

  4 trait measurements

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Tripalea clavaria

• 249977

  3 trait measurements

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