Table 6. Inverse relationships among characters for variation within genera (potentially among species, among colonies, within colonies and residual). Summary from Table 4 with characters illustrated in Figure 2.
 
 
Principal Component Axis
Within Genera Potential inverse relationships shown across columns for each PCA
 
PCA-6
Dissepiment Width (DW)
Branch Width (BW)
 
Aperture spacing Laterally
Node Diameter (ND)
 
across Branch (ALB)
 
Aperture Diameter (AD)
Node Spacing (NS)
 
 
PCA-7
Node Spacing (NS)
Fenestrule Width (FW)
 
Aperture spacing
Node Diameter (ND)
 
Along Branch (AAB)
 
 
PCA-8
Aperture spacing Laterally
Aperture spacing
 
across Branch (ALB)
Along Branch (AAB)
 
Node Diameter (ND)
Fenestrule Width (FW)
 
Fenestrule Length (FL)
Aperture Diameter (AD)
 
PCA-9
Fenestrule Length (FL)
Aperture spacing Laterally
 
Aperture Diameter (AD)
Node Spacing (NS)
 
Fenestrule Width (FW)