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. 2019 Mar 26;14(3):e0203732. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203732

Table 1. Corallite morphological characters.

Character Abbrev. Description Replicates Per Colony
Corallite diameter CD* Horizontal distance between corallite cavity margins 20
Columella width CW* Horizontal distance across columella margins 20
Length 1st cycle septa L1S* Total length of first cycle septa 20
Thickness 1st cycle septa T1S Total width of first cycle septa 20
Length 1st cycle costa L1C Total length of first cycle costa 20
Thickness 1st cycle costa T1C* Total width of first cycle costa 20
Length 4th cycle septa L4S* Total length of fourth cycle septa 20
Thickness 4th cycle septa T4S Total width of fourth cycle septa 20
Length 4th cycle costa L4C Total length of fourth cycle costa 20
Thickness 4th cycle costa T4C Total width of fourth cycle costa 20
Theca height TH* Vertical distance between columella floor and top of theca 20
Corallite height CH* Vertical distance between corallite base and top of theca 20
Corallite spacing CS* Mean distance between corallite center and all adjacent corallites 9–40

Morphometric characters compiled from previous assessments of Montastraea cavernosa skeletal variation [2,17,25,39].

*Metrics quantified for the full dataset.