Table 2 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 2. The morphological measuring data of the specimens of Metallogorgia. “-” means nonexistent or meaningless data.
Characters/ SpecimensMBM286485MBM286486MBM286484MBM286487MBM286488MBM286489SpeciesM. melanotrichosM. melanotrichosM. macrospinaM. macrospinaM. macrospinaM. macrospinaColony height (cm)763556516948Basal stem width (mm)2.71.51.02.53.02.5Branching part height (cm)98-12117Branching part width (cm)18186262014Branch maximal length (cm)10124161312Branches22221476Interbranch distance (mm)--9-256-1313-185-18Internode length (mm)4-123-113-73-83-103-11First internode length (mm)13-2412-183-85-86-86-11Polyp height (mm)1.0-2.51.0-4.0, most 2.01.0-2.5, most 1.0average 1.01.0-1.51.0-1.5Polyps in internode1, rarely 21, rarely 21, rarely 21, rarely 21, rarely 21, rarely 2Polyps in terminal branchlets1-31-41-41-41-51-2Inter-polyp distance (mm)1-61-42-51-30-50-4Sclerites measured in tentacles (μm)129-433 × 17-55125-467 × 21-12596-450 × 10-8544-542 × 6-117120-492 × 12-98115-460 × 14-78Sclerites measured in body wall (μm)172-571 × 14-93128-429 × 25-12596-450 × 10-8544-542 × 6-117137-473 × 17-9357-417 × 11-66Sclerites measured in coenenchyme (μm)96-378 × 18-66148-379 × 31-113112-456 × 10-62175-394 × 17-7578-328 × 11-5170-372 × 14-50Figures7, 89, 1011, 1213, 1415, 1617, 18