TABLE 7 in Studies on western Pacific gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae). Part 1: a review of the genus Chrysogorgia, with description of a new genus and three new species

TABLE 7. The external morphological data of the Parachrysogorgia chryseis specimens in this passage.
Specimen (MBM)286875286874286358286871286872286873Group NumberBBBBBBColony height (cm)101910141816Width in maximum (cm)8.511.58181215Diameter at stem base (mm)11.5-22.52.8Diameter of holdfast (mm)absentabsentabsent96 × 9absentLength of the internode (mm)6–85–205–85–83–83–10Length of terminal branchlet in maximum (mm)113217181215Polyps number in medial/ terminal internodes1/12–6/ up to 60–2, usually 2/2–41–2/1–41, rarely 2/1–31–4/ up to 7Length/ Width of polyps (mm)2–5, average 3/1.5– 2.02–3/1–22–3/1–22.5–3.5/1–22–3/1.0–1.52.5–3.5/1.0–1.5Eight pointslong and sharplong and sharplong and sharplong and sharplong and sharp, occasionally shortshort and sharp, some of them inconspicuousNaked area at base of tentaclespresentpresentpresentpresentpresentpresentSclerites in pinnules (μm, lengh × width, the same below)77–336 × 9–87224–319 × 9–52103–277 × 13–58158–360 × 15–88105–282 × 14–7186–212 × 10–44Sclerites in upper tentacle rachis (μm)78–249 × 18–197152–300 × 36–19063–219 × 20–115121–351 × 28–19395–376 × 23–13587–250 × 23–125Sclerites in basal tentacle rachis (μm)120–573 × 19–217262–656 × 28–21369–392 × 17–138157–474 × 26–289115–447 × 26–153125–388 × 12–213Sclerites below the tentacles forming points (μm)136–1055 × 35–361426–852 × 33–148392–646 × 33–469350–965 × 21–421296–602 × 25–117336–607 × 32–254Sclerites in basal part of polyp body walls (μm)169–836 × 39–313238–762 × 52–270153–677 × 30–223170–772 × 35–24678–540 × 19–156114–582 × 19–266Sclerites in coenenchyme (μm)219–438 × 47–188144–574 × 34–18084–415 × 18–131140–623 × 33–158thin: 101–313 × 20–109; thick: 125–375 × 23–13357–557 × 10–221Figures9, 10, 1112, 13, 141, 23, 45, 67, 8