FIG. 3 in Use of cnidae in taxonomy: implications from a study of Acrozoanthus australiae (Hexacorallia, Zoanthidea)

FIG. 3. The effect of sample size on nematocyst capsule length range in 15 samples of Acrozoanthus australiae from Indonesia. All samples are from the same clone. The x-axis sample codes (origin and nematocyst type) are: 1, lower filament holotrichs; 2, actinopharynx holotrichs; 3, scapus holotrichs; 4, upper filament b-mastigophores; 5, upper filament p-mastigophores. Each type was obtained from three polyps, respectively 2.3, 5.0 and 7.5 mm diameter. The areas of the circles indicate the percentage increase in range with increasing sample size (n~25 taken as zero); the largest represent y50% increase over the n~25 range. Large increases occurred between n~50 and n~75; only in sample 4, 5.0 was there no increase in range with increasing sample size.