OctocoralTraits: a global database of trait information for octocoral species

The OctocoralTraits_v2_2 ZIP file contains structured data and code to create all figures from the manuscript: “The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species”. The folder also contains the code used to validate the data descriptor.

Specifically, the folder contains the following files:

·       Code.R – This is the annotated code used to create all figures in R.  (v R studio; 2023.06.0+421)

·       OctocoralTraits_v2_2.csv – This is the first data realase of the octocoral trait database, used to create all figures of the manuscript.

·       sp_id.csv – This is a file containing the list of accepted octocoral species contained in the database

·       iqtree.tre – This is a tree object used to create a family-resolved tree of octocorals. It has been downloaded from McFadden et al. 2022. Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics

·       MEOW folder – A folder containing regional information from Spalding et al. 2007. Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas

·       Provinces_coord.csv: A file containing the coordinates of marine provinces, also derived from Spalding et al. 2007

·       Table_ids folder - A folder containing tables with information of the corresponding ids that appear in the file database.

·      Validation folder: A folder containing a Technical_validation.R file that was used to flag outliers and extreme outliers, duplicated rows and potential structural errors in the data (e.g., a given observation_id linked to more than one resource, species or location).