Stony Corals

Scleractinia Bourne 1900

described accepted species

• Appeltans et al: 1520

geographic distribution

• TreatmentBank: worldwide
• TreatmentBank: Connecticut
• TreatmentBank: Kansas
• TreatmentBank: Australia
• TreatmentBank: North America

habitat

• TreatmentBank: coral reef
• TreatmentBank: marine reef
• TreatmentBank: coastal
• TreatmentBank: limestone
• TreatmentBank: field

harvested in

• FAO Fishery Statistics: Fiji
• FAO Fishery Statistics: Fiji
• FAO Fishery Statistics: Solomon Islands
• FAO Fishery Statistics: Australia
• FAO Fishery Statistics: Japan

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: 79.083 degrees (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: -78.475 degrees (min)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -180 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 180 degrees (max)

net carbon fixation rate

• Calcification rates: 0.996 kg/m^2/year (min)
• Calcification rates: 1.668 kg/m^2/year (max)
• Calcification rates: 0.096 kg/m^2/year (average)
• Calcification rates: 0.48 kg/m^2/year (average)
• Calcification rates: 1.452 kg/m^2/year (max)

percent of marine species currently described

• Appeltans et al: 72 (min)
• Appeltans et al: 78 (max)

percent surveyed species not yet known to science

• Appeltans et al: 0.061 (mean)
• Appeltans et al: 5 (min)
• Appeltans et al: 0.24 (max)
• Appeltans et al: 0.143 (mean)
• Appeltans et al: 0 (min)

percent synonyms among marine species

• Appeltans et al: 61

total unknown marine species

• Appeltans et al: 577 (max)
• Appeltans et al: 435 (min)

undescribed marine species present in museum collections

• Appeltans et al: 93

undiscovered marine morphospecies

• Appeltans et al: 342

undiscovered species (molecular cryptic)

• Appeltans et al: 142 (max)
• Appeltans et al: 0 (min)

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 0 m (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 7956 m (max)

water dissolved o2 concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.23 mL/L (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 7.769 mL/L (max)

water nitrate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 44.865 µmol/l (max)

water o2 saturation

• OBIS environmental data records: 107.739 percent (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 3.177 percent (min)

water phosphate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.019 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 3.661 µmol/l (max)

water salinity

• OBIS environmental data records: 40.755 psu (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 30.22 psu (min)

water silicate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 210.32 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0 µmol/l (min)

water temperature

• OBIS environmental data records: -2.028 degrees celsius (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 29.311 degrees celsius (max)