Thouarella (Thouarella) variabilis

Biomechanical

• 583

  Axis presence

  1.00 (bin)

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• 511

  Calcareous sclerites presence

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• 632

  Skeletal rigidity

  semi-rigid (cat)

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• 561

  Type of skeleton

  Solid (scleroproteinaceous) axis with concentrically-layered non-scleritic calcareous material (cat)

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Ecological

• 92

  Depth lower

  2100 (m)

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• 91

  Depth upper

  115 (m)

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• 579

  Depth zone

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• 584

  Feeding mechanism

  suspension feeder (cat)

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• 629

  Light zone

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• 568

  Type locality depth

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Geographical

• 564

  Climate zone

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• 578

  Marine province

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• 577

  Marine realm

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• 40

  Ocean basin

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Morphological

• 560

  Branching architecture

  bottlebrush (cat)

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• 104

  Coloniality

  colonial (cat)

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• 506

  Colony height

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• 590

  Coordination of polyps

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• 206

  Growth form

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• 576

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

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• 628

  Growth form (detailed octocorallia)

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• 571

  Number of tentacles per polyp

  8.00 (units)

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• 585

  Polyp density

  7.50 (units cm^-1)

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• 562

  Polyp dimorphism

  0.00 (bin)

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• 542

  Polyp height

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• 572

  Polyp retractability

  0.00 (bin)

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• 513

  Trunk diameter

  130 (mm)

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• 627

  Type of growth

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Physiological

• 625

  Axis radial growth rate

  5.08 (μm yr^-1)

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• 507

  Colony age

  1100.00 (years)

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• 41

  Zooxanthellate

   observations

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Reproductive

• 552

  Frequency of reproduction

  continuous (cat)

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• 515

  Larval length

  860 (µm)

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• 5

  Mode of larval development

  brooder (cat)

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• 11

  Oocyte size at maturity

  660.00 (µm)

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• 623

  Oogenic cycle duration

  24.00 (months)

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• 12

  Polyp fecundity

  1.00 (units)

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• 551

  Reproductive period

  July to August (cat)

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• 8

  Sexual system

  gonochore (cat)

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