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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... lateral ; some anastomosis does occur between adjacent branches . Colonies arise from a broad and bulky holdfast , often with a wood - like texture . Polyps with permanent calyces , anthocodiae capable of total retraction into . calyces ...
... lateral ; some anastomosis does occur between adjacent branches . Colonies arise from a broad and bulky holdfast , often with a wood - like texture . Polyps with permanent calyces , anthocodiae capable of total retraction into . calyces ...
Page 214
... lateral rows . Calyces are prominent and conical in shape . Sclerites of the calyces and coenenchyme are relatively large tuberculate spindles . Those of the calyces are more or less longitudinally placed . A genus of at least two ...
... lateral rows . Calyces are prominent and conical in shape . Sclerites of the calyces and coenenchyme are relatively large tuberculate spindles . Those of the calyces are more or less longitudinally placed . A genus of at least two ...
Page 252
... lateral branches arranged in a spiral fashion . Lateral branches relatively short , dichotomously branched . Polyps sparsely arranged on the lateral branches . Sclerites are scales and prickly spindles . Main stem often bronze or copper ...
... lateral branches arranged in a spiral fashion . Lateral branches relatively short , dichotomously branched . Polyps sparsely arranged on the lateral branches . Sclerites are scales and prickly spindles . Main stem often bronze or copper ...
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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