Table 4. Characteristics of Leiopathes glaberrima from the Carloforte Shoal.
Colony | Height range | Width range | Basal diameter | Branchlets arrangement | Height branchlets spines | Polyps colour | Polyps diameter | Polyps density | Notes |
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Arborescent | 13–210 cm (n = 155) | 12–350 cm (n = 155) | 0.2–6.8 mm (n = 155) | Irregular | 0.04–0.06 mm | White and orange | 2–2.4 mm | 4–5 polyps cm-1 | Fertile female polyps light orange |