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Table 1 Mean, maximum, and minimum cell and nucleus diameters recorded in Porites sverdrupi oocytes from May 2014 to December 2015

From: Reproduction of the endangered endemic saffron coral to the Gulf of California Porites sverdrupi (Anthozoa: Scleractinia): implications for its long-term maintenance

Oocyte stage

N

Mean cell diameter (µm)

Min cell diameter (µm)

Max cell diameter (µm)

Mean nucleus diameter (µm)

Min nucleus diameter (µm)

Max nucleus diameter (µm)

I

11

17.51 ± 1.45

10.64

24.65

5.16 ± 0.35

3

7

II

54

62.01 ± 3.85

19.49

130.36

21.36 ± 1.09

9

45

III

16

173.15 ± 13.53

112.13

285.53

36 ± 3

22.44

64.5

Late III

2

214.61 ± 25.67

188.94

240.28

61.59 ± 15.27

46.32

76.87

IV

2

335 ± 33.5

301.45

368.56

69.58 ± 1.90

71.49

67.68

  1. Data is expressed as mean values ± standard error