New records of rhodolith-forming species (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from deep water in Espírito Santo State, Brazil

Table 1 Comparison of characters of Spongites yendoi from Espiríto Santo state (Brazil) and other regions of the world

	Brazil^a	Mexico/Caribbean^b	South Africa^c,d	Australia^e
Growth form	Encrusting to warty	Encrusting	Encrusting to warty	Encrusting to lumpy
Thallus construction	Monomerous	Monomerous	Monomerous	Monomerous/dímerous
Arrangement of trichocytes	Not present	Mostly solitary	Solitary	ND
Cell number in tetrasporangial conceptacle chamber roof	3–8	ND	4–7^f	3–5
Tetrasporangial conceptacle chamber height	105–110 μm	80–150 μm	62–117 μm^a 109–185 μm^b	109–185 μm
Tetrasporangial conceptacle chamber diameter	280–290 μm	180–295 μm	147–207 μm^a 164–232 μm^b	164–232 μm

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