Observation record

ID: 259138

Species: Swiftia exserta

Original species entered: 286416 (WoRMS)

Location: Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago

Primary resource: Jeyasuria, P., & Lewis, J. C (1987) Mechanical properties of the axial skeleton in gorgonians.

Contributor: Daniel Gomez Gras

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Measurements

• 341021

  CaCO3 concentration in the axis

  0.00062 (Ca2+ wt: dry wt)

  Mean

  Atomic absorption spectroscopy
  
  
  (Not given)

  replicates: 3
• 341022

  Mg concentration in axis

  0.0012 (Mg2+ wt: dry wt)

  Mean

  Atomic absorption spectroscopy
  
  
  (Not given)

  replicates: 3
• 341020

  Main non-scleritic skeletal component

  Mg Calcite (cat)

  Raw value

  Atomic absorption spectroscopy
  
  
• 341023

  MgCO3 concentration in axis

  76.3 (mol % in MgCa(CO3) 2 )

  Raw value

  Atomic absorption spectroscopy