TABLE 7. The external morphological data of the Parachrysogorgia chryseis specimens in this passage.

Specimen (MBM)	286875	286874	286358	286871	286872	286873
Group Number	B	B	B	B	B	B
Colony height (cm)	10	19	10	14	18	16
Width in maximum (cm)	8.5	11.5	8	18	12	15
Diameter at stem base (mm)	1	1.5	-	2	2.5	2.8
Diameter of holdfast (mm)	absent	absent	absent	9	6 × 9	absent
Length of the internode (mm)	6–8	5–20	5–8	5–8	3–8	3–10
Length of terminal branchlet in maximum (mm)	11	32	17	18	12	15
Polyps number in medial/ terminal internodes	1/1	2–6/ up to 6	0–2, usually 2/2–4	1–2/1–4	1, rarely 2/1–3	1–4/ up to 7
Length/ Width of polyps (mm)	2–5, average 3/1.5– 2.0	2–3/1–2	2–3/1–2	2.5–3.5/1–2	2–3/1.0–1.5	2.5–3.5/1.0–1.5
Eight points	long and sharp	long and sharp	long and sharp	long and sharp	long and sharp, occasionally short	short and sharp, some of them inconspicuous
Naked area at base of tentacles	present	present	present	present	present	present
Sclerites in pinnules (μm, lengh × width, the same below)	77–336 × 9–87	224–319 × 9–52	103–277 × 13–58	158–360 × 15–88	105–282 × 14–71	86–212 × 10–44
Sclerites in upper tentacle rachis (μm)	78–249 × 18–197	152–300 × 36–190	63–219 × 20–115	121–351 × 28–193	95–376 × 23–135	87–250 × 23–125
Sclerites in basal tentacle rachis (μm)	120–573 × 19–217	262–656 × 28–213	69–392 × 17–138	157–474 × 26–289	115–447 × 26–153	125–388 × 12–213
Sclerites below the tentacles forming points (μm)	136–1055 × 35–361	426–852 × 33–148	392–646 × 33–469	350–965 × 21–421	296–602 × 25–117	336–607 × 32–254
Sclerites in basal part of polyp body walls (μm)	169–836 × 39–313	238–762 × 52–270	153–677 × 30–223	170–772 × 35–246	78–540 × 19–156	114–582 × 19–266
Sclerites in coenenchyme (μm)	219–438 × 47–188	144–574 × 34–180	84–415 × 18–131	140–623 × 33–158	thin: 101–313 × 20–109; thick: 125–375 × 23–133	57–557 × 10–221
Figures	9, 10, 11	12, 13, 14	1, 2	3, 4	5, 6	7, 8