TABLE 3 in Whip black corals (Antipatharia: Antipathidae: Stichopathes) of the Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem of Mo'orea (French Polynesia), with the description of a new species

TABLE 3. Summary of the morphological characteristics of the morphotypes found in this study. Spines density are given for middle sections of the corallum. Pairwise comparison of genetic distances based on ITS1 marker are given in Supplementary Material 3.
SpeciesClade sensu Bo et al. 2012Growing patternHeight (cm)Length (cm)Basal diam. (mm)Median diam. (mm)Apical diam. (mm)Polyp diam. (mm)Polyp density (per cm)Polypar spine size (mm)Mutual distance (mm)Abpolypar spine size (mm)Mutual distance (mm)Secondary spinesTuberclesSpine density (number/mm)Stichopathes desaturataAIrregular, sinuous6–1618– 26.50.38–0.720.36–0.410.14–0.220.51–1.06–80.07–0.110.14–0.360.04–0.050.24–0.28AbsentAbsent4Stichopathes cf. contortaBRegular, contorted8.5–1844–840.76–1.00.68–0.800.26–0.520.91–1.206–90.08–0.170.45–0.660.06–0.090.36–0.61AbsentAbsent2–3Stichopathes sp. NHMT-R2E1007CIrregular, sinuous14.616.52.251.620.851.06–80.23–0.290.36–0.600.1–0.150.33–0.60PresentPresent3Stichopathes sp. NHMT-R2E1008CIrregular, sinuous20282.01.701.351.0–1.26–80.18–0.360.36–0.870.16–0.260.34–0.88PresentPresent2–3Stichopathes sp. NHMT-R2E1009CAlmost straight24251.431.00.851.1–1.56–70.28–0.390.36–0.730.08–0.160.22–0.74PresentPresent3Stichopathes sp. NHMT-R2E1010CSinuous, loops35702.50.761.11.3–1.75–70.24–0.340.34–0.560.11–0.190.58–0.90PresentPresent2Stichopathes sp. NHMT-R2E1011CSinuous, loop26422.41.01.01.0–1.146–70.20–0.260.37–0.860.11–0.170.33–0.93AbsentPresent2–3Stichopathes sp. NHMT-R2E1012CStraight, then curved41621.51.00.440.79–1.165–80.11–0.160.40–1.20.08–0.130.30–0.70PresentPresent2–3Stichopathes sp. NHMT-R2E1013CThick, sinuous, loops2452421.251.0–1.35–80.44–0.510.34–0.690.13–0.210.24–0.56PresentPresent2–3Stichopathes sp. NHMT-R2E1014CStretched helicospirals30-2.31.51.51.11–1.288–100.32–0.480.45–0.890.14–0.220.39–0.72PresentPresent2–3Stichopathes sp. NHMT-R2E1015CThin and bent6.5140.770.740.400.72–1.357–90.19–0.260.44–0.670.15–0.230.48–0.67PresentPresent2–3