Data and code associated to the manuscript: "The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species"

The 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 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) · database.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 – 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