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Table 2 Porcupinella profunda gen. nov. et sp. nov

From: A new deep-sea pennatulacean (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Chunellidae) from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic)

 

Colonial size (mm)

Terminal autozooid (Ø mm)

First pair of lateral autozooid (Ø mm)

Second pair of lateral autozoois (Ø mm)

Third pair of lateral autozooids (Ø mm)

Average (±SD)

–

3.23 (±0.29)

3.25 (±0.25)

2.29* (±0.29)

–

Maximum

48

3.8

3.7

2.7

2.2

Minimum

30

2.7

2.8

1.6*

2.2

N

25

25

25

25

1

  1. Summary of colonial and polyps measurements from all the material examined (25 colonies in total). Asterisk means that only the maximum values in each pair of polyps (when their diameters are different) have been used
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Helgoland Marine Research

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