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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Page 184
... Polyps monomorphic . Antho- codiae retractile . Polyp calyces usually present . Sclerites are needles , tuber- culate spindles , radiates , or rods . Eleven genera in three subfamilies from the Atlantic , southern Africa , and Indo ...
... Polyps monomorphic . Antho- codiae retractile . Polyp calyces usually present . Sclerites are needles , tuber- culate spindles , radiates , or rods . Eleven genera in three subfamilies from the Atlantic , southern Africa , and Indo ...
Page 207
... polyp . B. Sclerites from the coenenchyme . C. Sclerites from the axis cortex . Scale bar = 0,1 mm . Axis composed solely of horn with a chambered central core . Coenenchyme thin . Polyps monomorphic , non - retractile , cylindrical or ...
... polyp . B. Sclerites from the coenenchyme . C. Sclerites from the axis cortex . Scale bar = 0,1 mm . Axis composed solely of horn with a chambered central core . Coenenchyme thin . Polyps monomorphic , non - retractile , cylindrical or ...
Page 251
... Polyps monomorphic . Sclerites are primarily double heads , double cones , double stars and clubs . About seven genera of the Atlantic and Indo - Pacific with at least two genera in southern Africa . The family is in need of revision ...
... Polyps monomorphic . Sclerites are primarily double heads , double cones , double stars and clubs . About seven genera of the Atlantic and Indo - Pacific with at least two genera in southern Africa . The family is in need of revision ...
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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