Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse MuseumWest, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1992 - Natural history |
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... Axis composed of sclerites united by horny material and / or CaCO3 Melithaeidae 4A . Axis with a central core that is hollow and cross - chambered . 4B . Axis solid throughout 5 8 5A . Chambered core of axis surrounded by smooth ...
... Axis composed of sclerites united by horny material and / or CaCO3 Melithaeidae 4A . Axis with a central core that is hollow and cross - chambered . 4B . Axis solid throughout 5 8 5A . Chambered core of axis surrounded by smooth ...
Page 251
... Axis composed of calcified concentric layers ; sclerites and horn not present ; central core not chambered . Colonies unbranched and whip - like , or branching dichotomous , pinnate or lyrate . Polyps monomorphic . Sclerites are ...
... Axis composed of calcified concentric layers ; sclerites and horn not present ; central core not chambered . Colonies unbranched and whip - like , or branching dichotomous , pinnate or lyrate . Polyps monomorphic . Sclerites are ...
Page 286
... Axis absent , colony composed of one or two outer layers ( cortex ) and an inner layer ( medulla ) . Cortex and medulla separated by a ring of longitudinal canals . Medulla composed entirely of free but densely - set sclerites .. 1B . 2 ...
... Axis absent , colony composed of one or two outer layers ( cortex ) and an inner layer ( medulla ) . Cortex and medulla separated by a ring of longitudinal canals . Medulla composed entirely of free but densely - set sclerites .. 1B . 2 ...
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Acabaria rubra Acanthogorgia Acanthomuricea Algoa Bay Anastomosis Anthocodiae Axis composed balloon clubs Bayer branches arising calyces calyx Calyx sclerites Cape Agulhas capensis Simpson capstans Chathamisis Chrysogorgia clavate coarsely tuberculate Coenenchymal sclerites Colonies examined range Colony colour cortex cylindrical depth Williams Description Colonies examined Diagnosis Colonies dichotomously branched dredge East London eastern Cape Province Ellisellidae elongate entire colony Eunicella albicans Eunicella papillosa False Bay Family G. C. Williams genera genus gorgonians Gorgoniidae Gray holdfast holotype Homophyton verrucosum Indo-Pacific internodes Junceella Kölliker Kükenthal Leptogorgia Leptogorgia gilchristi longitudinal material medulla monomorphic multiplanar non-spicular northern Natal Pieter Faure survey pinnate planar Polyps Polyps monomorphic present work represents R.V. Meiring Naude Radicipes S.S. Pieter Faure Scale bar Scanning electron micrographs SCUBA South Africa southern Africa sparsely specimens Stiasny text-fig Tixier-Durivault Transkei tuberculated spindles Type locality Type species unbranched Verrill W. R. Liltved whorls Williams in press Wright & Studer Wrightella