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 187
... basal stem . Calyces prominent or absent . Single ring of longitudi- nal canals between cortex and medulla . Cortex in one layer , composed primarily of globose radiates . Medulla composed of stout rods that are somewhat branched or ...
... basal stem . Calyces prominent or absent . Single ring of longitudi- nal canals between cortex and medulla . Cortex in one layer , composed primarily of globose radiates . Medulla composed of stout rods that are somewhat branched or ...
Page 189
... basal stem that is 60-120 mm in length . Base of colony up to 15 mm in diameter . Amount of branching variable , sparse to profuse . Branches elongate , finger - like tapering distally . Polyps cover entire colony except the basal ...
... basal stem that is 60-120 mm in length . Base of colony up to 15 mm in diameter . Amount of branching variable , sparse to profuse . Branches elongate , finger - like tapering distally . Polyps cover entire colony except the basal ...
Page 231
... basal stem . The terminal branches are long , thin , whip - like and cylindrical ( 1,0-2,0 mm in diameter ; up to 200 mm in length ) . Basal main stem cylindrical , rarely slightly flattened . Polyps numerous , present on all sides of ...
... basal stem . The terminal branches are long , thin , whip - like and cylindrical ( 1,0-2,0 mm in diameter ; up to 200 mm in length ) . Basal main stem cylindrical , rarely slightly flattened . Polyps numerous , present on all sides of ...
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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