In this module, we integrated phenotypic data from multiple sources, such as The Octocoral Trait Database, Marine Species Traits from WoRMS and The Pelagic Species Trait Database.
| Class | Species | Trait Name | Trait Type | Value | Trait Unit | Region | Latitude | Longitude | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octocorallia | Xenia elongata | Colony width | Morphological | 29 | cm | Global estimate | - | - | Trait value derived from Fabricius and Alderslade (2001) textual descriptions, mostly made at the genus level |
| Octocorallia | Xenia elongata | Growth form | Morphological | 10 | cat | Global estimate | - | - | Trait value derived from Fabricius and Alderslade (2001) textual descriptions, mostly made at the genus level |
| Octocorallia | Xenia elongata | Number of pinnules per tentacle | Morphological | 6 | units | Global estimate | - | - | Extracted from data table |
| Octocorallia | Xenia elongata | Number of tentacles per polyp | Morphological | 6 | units | Global estimate | - | - | Species-specific trait value inherited from Class Octocorallia |
| Octocorallia | Xenia elongata | Polyp diameter | Morphological | 28 | mm | Global estimate | - | - | Extracted from data table |
| Octocorallia | Xenia elongata | Polyp dimorphism | Morphological | 2 | bin | Global estimate | - | - | Trait value derived from Fabricius and Alderslade (2001) textual descriptions, mostly made at the genus level |
| Octocorallia | Xenia elongata | Polyp retractability | Morphological | 2 | bin | Global estimate | - | - | Trait value derived from Fabricius and Alderslade (2001) textual descriptions, mostly made at the genus level |
| Octocorallia | Xenia elongata | Tentacle length | Morphological | 28 | mm | Global estimate | - | - | Extracted from data table |
| Octocorallia | Xenia elongata | Dark respiration | Physiological | st64 | µg O2 g^-1 wet colony weight h^-1 | Heron Island, GBR | -23.44 | 151.91 | Dark/light bottle method (Sorokin, 1984) |
| Octocorallia | Xenia elongata | Dark respiration | Physiological | st65 | µg C g^-1 dry colony weight d^-1 | Heron Island, GBR | -23.44 | 151.91 | Dark/light bottle method (Sorokin, 1984) |