Table 3 Morphological variables of Goniopora used in the analysis (mean ± SD)

ITS clade type

Ia

Ib

Ib

Ib

Ib

II

II

II

II

Ia

Ib

II

No. of colonies

5

1

4

4

1

5

6

4

3

5

10

18

Morphospecies

G. stokesi

G. cf stokesi

G. pendullus

G. cf djiboutiensis

G. cf lobata

G. djiboutiensis

G. cf djiboutiensis

G. lobata

G. cf lobata

Measured variable

 LCa (μm)

5313 ± 840.8

4781 ± 437.6

4313 ± 438.5

4726 ± 461.7

3925 ± 144.2

4721 ± 630.1

4730 ± 483.1

4268 ± 440.2

3847 ± 282.6

5313 ± 840.8

4486 ± 501.4

4477 ± 593.4

 LCo (μm)

2853 ± 663.3

3279 ± 448.9

2477 ± 405.5

2804 ± 470.7

2388 ± 224.5

3081 ± 566.8

2975 ± 527.7

2349 ± 470.9

2370 ± 218.7

2853 ± 663.3

2678 ± 488.5

2764 ± 583.3

 DC (mm)

3.40 ± 0.91

3.47 ± 0.36

2.32 ± 0.98

2.09 ± 0.67

2.68 ± 0.69

1.21 ± 0.51

2.10 ± 0.72

2.22 ± 0.56

1.34 ± 0.15

3.40 ± 0.91

2.38 ± 0.87

1.76 ± 0.72

 TW (mm)

0.89 ± 0.15

0.91 ± 0.07

1.30 ± 0.28

1.23 ± 0.22

1.14 ± 0.27

1.34 ± 0.35

1.30 ± 0.28

1.22 ± 0.23

1.27 ± 0.29

0.89 ± 0.15

1.22 ± 0.26

1.29 ± 0.29

Counted variable

 No. of septa

22.6 ± 1.55

21.4 ± 1.67

19.5 ± 1.67

23.3 ± 2.47

23.2 ± 1.10

23.9 ± 0.67

23.3 ± 1.95

22.9 ± 1.68

23.9 ± 1.36

22.6 ± 1.55

21.6 ± 2.67

23.5 ± 1.55

Derived variable

 LCo/LCa^a

0.54 ± 0.08

0.69 ± 0.08

0.57 ± 0.08

0.59 ± 0.08

0.61 ± 0.05

0.65 ± 0.06

0.63 ± 0.09

0.55 ± 0.09

0.62 ± 0.06

0.54 ± 0.08

0.60 ± 0.08

0.62 ± 0.09

 SCa/LCa

0.87 ± 0.07

0.73 ± 0.09

0.84 ± 0.09

0.81 ± 0.08

0.79 ± 0.22

0.87 ± 0.05

0.86 ± 0.08

0.80 ± 0.08

0.82 ± 0.09

0.87 ± 0.07

0.81 ± 0.11

0.84 ± 0.08

 SCo/LCo^a

0.81 ± 0.11

0.70 ± 0.15

0.57 ± 0.13

0.71 ± 0.12

0.78 ± 0.09

0.80 ± 0.08

0.84 ± 0.11

0.72 ± 0.12

0.79 ± 0.14

0.81 ± 0.11

0.70 ± 0.14

0.79 ± 0.12