Table 3 in Xenia konohana sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan

Table 3. Morphological comparison with congeneric species. *including oval, round, circles, discs, and biscuit-like shapes. Dashes means absent. Question marks mean unverified. NR means not reported. Note that morphological data were referred from the re-description paper by Halász et al. (2019) rather than the original descriptions for some species.
SpeciesRows of pinnulesPinnules in the outermost rowScleritesCrest on the scleritesMain branchSecondary branchesReferencesplatelets*rodsSpindlesX. bauiana426-30present---NRNRHalász et al. 2019X. blumi318-20present---NRNRHalász et al. 2019X. crassa3-413-18present--presentNRNRHalász et al. 2019X. cylindricacy318-20present--NR2-Roxas 1933X. depressa218-26present?-NRNRNRKükenthal 1909X. delicata3-418-23----0-50-3Halász et al. 2019X. elongata3-420-24present--NR2-3-Dana 1846, Imahara 1992X. fimbriata38-15---NR2-3presentUtinomi 1955X. fisheri318-22present--NR--Roxas 1933X. flexibilis414-32present---NRNRHalász et al. 2019X. fusca4(3-5)14-22present---NRNRHalász et al. 2019X. garciae316-22present--present--Halász et al. 2019X. grasshoffi415-24present--presentNRNRHalász et al. 2019X. hicksoni312-20present--NRusually branched2Ashworth 1899,Utinomi 1950X. kuekenthali18-10----50-2Halász et al. 2019X. kusimotoensis210-12present--NR2-Utinomi 1955X. lepida328-34----present3rd branchesHalász et al. 2019X. mayi524-32present--NRsingle or divided-Roxas 1933X. membranacea420-25present--present8NRHalász et al. 2019X. multipinnata3-440-50---NRpresent-Tixier-Durivault 1966X. multispiculata2-326-30present--NRpresent-Kükenthal 1909X. mucosa430-42----20-2Halász et al. 2019X. novaebritanniae29-10present---NRNRHalász et al. 2019X. rubens4(3-5)12-19present---2-Halász et al. 2019X. sansibariana426-33----NRNRHalász et al. 2019X. stellifera4-9<9present--NRpresentpresentVerseveldt 1977X. ternatana315-23present--presentNRNRHalász et al. 2020X. tripartita35-6present--NR--Roxas 1933X. tumbatuana3NR---NRpresent-May 1898X. umbellata319-22present-----Halász et al. 2019X. viridis315-22present--presentNRNRHalász et al. 2019X. konohana sp. nov.312-18present-Present-2-3-This study