Table 4. Mean values of skeletal characters measured in Desmophyllum dianthus from SE Australia, New Zealand and Chile.

	n	Corallite Height	Corallite Length	Corallite Width	Total number of Septa	Septa Cycles present	Septa Height MEAN	Septa Width MEAN	Septa Thickness MEAN	Costae Cycles present	Costae Length MEAN
New Zealand	27	37.48	24.68	17.99	96.44	4.41	4.07	8.05	0.50	2.67	15.80
		(17.44–67.59)	(11.63–52.04)	(10.03–38.76)	(60–131)	(4–5)	(0.6875–13.896)	(4.004–17.654)	(0.244–1.418)	(2–5)	(6.54–29.166)
SE Australia	18	39.19	24.32	19.35	87.56	4.22	4.66	8.49	0.52	2.06	16.51
		(22.79–63.78)	(9.6–40.02)	(7.67–28.65)	(48–106)	(3–5)	(1.25–10.176)	(3.15–14.334)	(0.194–0.966)	(1–4)	(7.332–30.548)
Chile	41	47.23	23.19	15.26	108.22	4.46	2.54	6.62	0.36	2.73	17.49
		(11.55–116.88)	(8.85–42.21)	(7.78–22.96)	(65–178)	(4–5)	(0.67–6.154)	(3.234–10.562)	(0.15–0.762)	(1–5)	(4.484–86.116)

Ranges are in parentheses, n is the total number of individuals measured. All measurements are in mm.