TABLE 1 in A new species of Heterogorgia Verrill, 1868 (Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea) from a mesophotic fishing shoal in the eastern Pacific

TABLE 1. Comparative characteristics of the Heterogorgia species. Diameter of branches and calyces represent the maximum size found for each species. Sclerite ranges represent the minimum and the maximum size measured in all the samples. All measures are given in mm. (Modified from Breedy & Guzman, 2011).
SpeciesH. hickmaniH. papilosaH. tortuosaH. verrucosaH. uatumaniH. abdita sp. nov.Max. no. branching247447Stem diameter12–194–4.54–67–124–4.53.5–4Calyces/cm40–50251420–2412–206Calyx diameter2.10.51.61.81.21.8Calyx height1111.21.51–1.5Collaret spindles0.5–0.7 x 0.05–0.130.26–0.43 x 0.03–0.050.27–0.55 x 0.03–0.080.35–0.56 x 0.05–0.10*absent0.20–0.30x 0.025–0.035Points spindles0.4–0.5 x 0.04–0.060.20–0.35 x 0.02–0.040.16–0.34 x 0.02–0.050.025–0.51 x 0.04–0.050.20–0.41 x 0.02–0.050.30–0.50 x 0.03–0.05Tentacular rods0.08–0.2 x 0.02–0.050.10–0.16 x 0.015–0.020.02–0.09 x 0.03–0.040.10–0.24 x 0.025–0.080.11–0.14 x 0.014–0.030.08–0.2 x 0.02– 0.04Thorns0.3–0.50 x 0.06–0.110.24–0.30 x 0.04–0.060.18–0.30 x 0.04–0.050.23–0.46 x 0.05–0.080.25–0.35 x 0.05–0.0640.24–0.28 x 0.045–0.05Spindles0.25–0.45 x 0.10–0.150.15–0.40 x 0.04–0.10.12–0.4 x 0.04–0.130.15–0.45 x 0.05–0.20.18–0.32 x 0.064–0.120.13–0.40 x 0.05–0.075Crosses0.14–0.45 x 0.10–0.250.08–0.14 x 0.08–0.130.09–0.2 x 0.03–0.040.06–0.075 x 0.5–0.070.12–0.2 x 0.08–0.100.13–0.18 x 0.09–0.18Radiates0.06–0.12 x 0.04–0.070.07–0.09 x 0.05–0.0550.07–0.12 x 0.06–0.090.08–0.10 x 0.05–0.060.075–0.13 x 0.05–0.120.06–0.07 x 0.05–0.07Club-like spindles*absent*absent*absent*absent**0.18–0.30 x 0.06–0.130.12–0.20 x 0.055–0.08
* absent: not found in the samples or literature
** Referred as irregularly branched or lobed in H. uatumani in Breedy & Guzman (2011)