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