Observation record

ID: 201235

Species: Leptogorgia virgulata

Original species entered: 158288 (WoRMS)

Location: St. Teresa, Florida

Primary resource: Mitchell, N. D., Dardeau, M. R., & Schroeder, W. W (1993) Colony morphology, age structure, and relative growth of two gorgonian corals, Leptogorgia hebes (Verrill) and Leptogorgia virgulata (Lamarck), from the northerm Gulf of Mexico.

Contributor: Daniel Gomez Gras

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Measurements

• 253832

  Axis radial growth rate

  0.62 (mm yr^-1)

  Maximum

  Derived from Watford plot
  
  
• 253830

  Colony age

  9.00 (years)

  Maximum

  Growth rings count
  
  
• 253827

  Year

  1988.00 (year)

  Raw value

  no method
• 253828

  Water depth

  1.25 (m)

  Median

  Depth gauge
  
  
  1.00 - 1.50 (Range)
• 253831

  Colony age

  3.10 (years)

  Mean

  Growth rings count
  
  
  0.200 (Standard deviation)

  replicates: 29
• 253829

  Colony height

  189.40 (mm)

  Mean

  Ruler measurement
  
  
  8.500 (Standard deviation)

  replicates: 29