TABLE 1 in Rhodolith-forming coralline red algae in the CaCO biofactory - A case study from the Serravallian of tropical northeastern Indian Ocean

TABLE 1.— Comparison of biometric measurements of the identified geniculate and non-geniculate coralline algae.Abbreviations: D, diameter; H, height; L, length; PF, peripheral filaments; Po, postigenous filaments; Pr, primigenous filaments; VC, ventral core.
TaxaFeatures/ CharacteristicsDimensionsNumber of measuments (n)RangeMean (M)Standard Deviation (SD)? Lithothamnion valens (Fig. 3A, B)VCL1516 to 18 µm16.80.74D158 to 11 µm9.21.1PFL308 to 15 µm10.62.41D308 to 10 µm8.80.74Multiporate conceptaclesD584 to 117 µm96.612.611H550 to 91 µm70.214.42ProtuberancesL32898 to 3017 µm2942.654.08D3826 to 1391 µm1072236Phymatolithon sp. (Fig. 3C, D)VCL2016 to 20 µm181.67D2012 to 14 µm12.80.74PFL508 to 10 µm8.80.74D506 to 9 µm7.41.01Epithallial cellsL98 to 15 µm10.62.41D9± 5 µm––Multiporate conceptaclesD10360 to 480 µm40042.4H10140 to 180 µm16014.1Mesophyllum sp. (Fig. 3E)VCL2512 to 24 µm189.4D256 to 10 µm81.41PFL508 to 25 µm15.66.2D506 to 20µm12.84.7Multiporate conceptaclesD3140 to 180 µm16014.14H385 to 140 µm11522.72ThallusL31141 to 1322 µm122175.36D3600 to 715 µm643.351.456Mesophyllum roveretoi Conti, 1943 (Fig. 3F)VCL2014 to 20 µm16.62.15D208 to 12 µm101.41PFL2014 to 31 µm216.35D208 to 28 µm17.27.98Multiporate conceptaclesD3229 to 2352312.6H371 to 9682.310.3Lithoporella melobesiodies (Foslie) Foslie, 1909 (Fig. 4A, B)PrL1512 to 18 µm15.63.2D1522 to 38 µm31.68.5PoL3016 to 32 µm24.38.02D308 to 20 µm14.336.02Uniporate conceptaclesD3174 to 400 µm291.3113.26H371 to 140 µm––Neogoniolithon sp. (Fig. 4C)VCL2010 to 28 µm19.66.5D207 to 12 µm9.21.7PFL509 to 20 µm14.44.3D505 to 11 µm9.42.4Uniporate conceptaclesD3550 to 600 µm576.620.75H3200 to 300 µm25040.82Spongites fruticulosus Kützing, 1841 (Fig. 4D, E)VCL5016 to 24 µm19.42.6D5012 to 18 µm152PFL10012 to 22 µm16.43.9D1008 to 18 µm12.63.5Epithallial cellsL65 to 7 µm5.80.74D68 to 14 µm10.62.15Titanoderma pustulatum (Lamouroux) Nägeli, 1858 (Fig. 4F)VCL2012 to 18 µm152D208 to 15 µm123.8PFL507 to 18 µm12.63.8D508 to 16 µm11.22.9Uniporate conceptaclesD17110 to 140 µm12510H1772 to 94 µm83.87.9Amphiroa sp. (Fig. 4G-J)Core region (long cells)L200 to 40050 to 90 µm66.617.25D200 to 4008 to 20 µm12.84.2Core region (short cells)L60 to 8016 to 40 µm24.88.9D60 to 809 to 19 µm14.23.6IntergeniculaL12 to 20651 to 1109 µm920195D12 to 20256 to 338 µm29833.5Corallina sp. (Fig. 5A-C)Core regionL105 to 24518 to 24 µm21.22.1D105 to 2458 to 12 µm101.4IntergeniculaL7 to 35350 to 1092µm647.33330D7 to 35134 to180 µm154.619.07Sporolithon cf. airoldii (Fig. 5D)VCL258 to 16 µm11.42.6D253 to 8 µm5.41.85PFL505 to 12 µm9.42.5D504 to 10 µm7.62.2Sporangial compartmentsL7080 to 120 µm10114.9D7035 to 48 µm41.44.58Sporolithon praeerythraeum (Airoldi) Vannucci, Piazza, Fravega & Basso, 2000 (Fig. 5E, F)PFL5014 to 26 µm18.64.2D5010 to 12 µm10.960.68Sporangial compartmentsL1530 to 36 µm32.32.1D1559 to 68 µm6110