Table 5. Approximate time used to generate a 3D model and its area surface and volume calculations, and water volume estimation of bleached skeletons samples of each colony.

Time	Underwater colonies	Dry samples	Water volume
Imaging	1 min (30 sec– 2 min)	30 min (19 min– 43 min)	-
Pre-processing	30 min (27 min– 45 min)	11 min (8 min– 16 min)	-
Processing	6 hrs (3 hr– 11 hr)	5 hrs (4 hr– 8 hr)	-
Cleaning	25 min (15 min– 55 min)	29 min (14–40 min)	-
Measurements	1 min	1 min	15 mins (10 min– 20 min)
Total	9 hrs (5 hrs– 12 hrs)	8 hr (5 hrs– 9 hrs)	15 mins (10 min– 20 min)

Figures are averages across the different morphologies, and between parentheses are lower and upper approximations.