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Table 2 Morphological character states and additional subgeneric species-groups delineated for character reconstruction. Numbers in paraenthethes correspond to character designations from Cairns and Bayer [2]

From: A phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Calcaxonia) with analyses of character evolution and a key to the genera and subgenera

Character 1 (1): Colony Shape

 0, unbranched; 1, dichotomous planar; 2, dichotomous (lyriform); 3, dichotomous (bushy); 4, dichotomous (sparse); 5, sympodial (not used in matrix); 6, opposite pinnate; 7, alternate pinnate; 8, bottlebrush; 9, branching from basal bolus

Character 2 (5): Coordination of polyps

 0, isolated, without order; 1, spirals (not used in matrix); 2, biserial; 3, paired; 4, in whorls (verticillata); 5, unifacial clusters

Character 3 (8): Operculum

 0, absent; 1, present

Character 4 (10): Correspondence of opercular and marginal scales

 0, correspond; 1, no correspondence; 2, regular offset

Character 5 (15): Ascus Scales

 0, none; 1, present

Character 6 (16): Number of longitudinal rows of body wall scales

 0, not arranged in rows in adult; 1, eight; 2, seven; 3, six; 4, five; 5, three (not in matrix); 6, two; 7, one; 8, none

Character 7 (19): Number of scales in each abaxial body wall row or abaxial face

 0, variable, but usually over 5; 1, fixed (3 or 4); 2, fixed (5); 3, fixed (2); 4, none

Character 8 (22): Infrabasal scales

 0, absent; 1, present (paired); 2, present (unpaired)

Character 9 (11): Number of marginal scales

 0, seven; 1, eight; 2, more than 8; 3, six; 4, five; 5, four; 6, two

Subgeneric species-groups:

Calyptrophora (group a): species with a lyrate colony: C. inornata, C. wyvillei

Calyptrophora (group b): species with dichotomous branching: C. microdentata

Narella (group a): species with planar dichotomous branching: N. mosaica, N. clavata

Narella (group b): species with branching from basal bolus: N. hypsocalyx

Narella (group c): species with sparse dichotomous branching: N. macrocalyx, N. arbuscula

Thouarella (group a): species with isolated polyps and bottlebrush branching: N. variabilis, T. pendulina, T. chilensis, T. antarctica, T. diadema, T. undulata, T. viridis, T, crenelata

Thouarella (group b): species with isolated polyps and pinnate branching: T. brucei

Thouarella (group c): species with whorled polyps and pinnate branching: T. laxa

Thouraella (group d): species with whorled polyps and dichotomous branching: T. coronata