Table 1 in Morphology and phylogenetic analysis of five deep-sea golden gorgonians (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) in the Western Pacific Ocean, with the description of a new species

Table 1. Morphological comparisons between Chrysogorgia carolinensis sp. nov., Chrysogorgia dendritica Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2020 and Chrysogorgia abludo Pante & Watling, 2012, including detailed morphological measuring data of five specimens of C. dendritica.
Characters/speciesChrysogorgia dendriticaChrysogorgia carolinensis sp. nov.Chrysogorgia abludoSpecimenholotypeMBM286353MBM286442MBM286443MBM286444holotypeholotypeparatypeGroup typeAAABranching sequence1/3L1/3L1/3, 1/4L, irregularAxismonopodial, or a little zigzaggingsympodialmonopodialColony shapetree-shapedtree-shapedbottlebrush-liketree-shapeda little tree-shapedbottlebrush-shapedbottlebrush-shapedtree-shapedColony height (cm)5785.55550110311650Basal stem width (mm)271.2331No data2.2Interbranch distance (mm)16-22185-2211-1512-246-124.3-6.87.5-15.0Orthostiche interval (mm)50-5550-5537-4736-4744-6119-35No dataNo dataFirst branch internode (mm)15-2014-2211-209-2320-307-156.1-11.016Polyps on internodes1-52-31-31-41-401-2No dataPolyps on terminal branchlets1-61-41-41-81-811-31-6Polyps height (mm)33-51.5-2.02-33-43-8, average 50.8-2.20.8-2.2Sclerites in coenenchyme (μm)flat elongate scales often with lobed edges82-200 × 10-96139-420 × 16-11292-266 × 15-5753-379 × 10-34elongate scales occasionally with lobed edgessmall rugged scales with less lobed edgesSclerites in body wall (μm)scales, rods and spindles68-190 × 7-58 at basal body; 171-516 × 20-55 in neck100-306 × 20-72 at basal body; 121-353 × 12-56 in neck80-229 × 13-82 at basal body; 207-614 × 14-76 in neck39-236 × 8-128 at basal body; 137-590 × 12-98 in neckscales, rods and spindlesscales and rodsSclerites in tentacles (μm)scales and rods74-135 × 4-32105-365 × 6-4575-429 × 10-4393-275 × 24-93rods and spindlesrodsDistributionKocebu Guyotan unnamed seamount adjacent to the Mariana Trenchunnamed seamounts on the Caroline Ridgean unnamed seamount on the Caroline RidgeNorth AtlanticReferencesXu et al. 2020Present studyPresent studyPante and Watling 2012