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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... pinnate branching , branchlets mostly alternate , only rarely opposite . Polyps face upward , in whorls of 3-6 . Each polyp is curved inward toward the axis . Polyp sclerites are curved scales . Coenenchymal sclerites are ovate ...
... pinnate branching , branchlets mostly alternate , only rarely opposite . Polyps face upward , in whorls of 3-6 . Each polyp is curved inward toward the axis . Polyp sclerites are curved scales . Coenenchymal sclerites are ovate ...
Page 277
... pinnate and multiplanar , mostly profuse . Branches short , and arise from a single main stem . Large scales present on all sides of a polyp . Eight marginal scales in two rings of four that alternate below the opercular scales ...
... pinnate and multiplanar , mostly profuse . Branches short , and arise from a single main stem . Large scales present on all sides of a polyp . Eight marginal scales in two rings of four that alternate below the opercular scales ...
Page 289
... pinnate ( bottlebrush - like ) . Axis not zigzag - shaped 36B . Branching sympodial . Axis zigzag - shaped with bronze or gold metallic iri- descence 37A . Branching pinnate . 37B . Branching dichotomous or lyrate Chrysogorgia sp . 38 ...
... pinnate ( bottlebrush - like ) . Axis not zigzag - shaped 36B . Branching sympodial . Axis zigzag - shaped with bronze or gold metallic iri- descence 37A . Branching pinnate . 37B . Branching dichotomous or lyrate Chrysogorgia sp . 38 ...
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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