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 185
... stem . The main branches have few or no further lateral branches , and are sinuous or tortuous in appear- ance . The main stem and lowermost portions of the branches are devoid of polyps . Polyps restricted to distal half of branches ...
... stem . The main branches have few or no further lateral branches , and are sinuous or tortuous in appear- ance . The main stem and lowermost portions of the branches are devoid of polyps . Polyps restricted to distal half of branches ...
Page 252
... stem has a zigzag appearance with the 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 ...
... stem has a zigzag appearance with the 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 ...
Page 277
... stem . Large scales present on all sides of a polyp . Eight marginal scales in two rings of four that alternate ... stem . Branching profuse along a single main stem . Some secondary branches may also be branched . Polyps are crowded on ...
... stem . Large scales present on all sides of a polyp . Eight marginal scales in two rings of four that alternate ... stem . Branching profuse along a single main stem . Some secondary branches may also be branched . Polyps are crowded on ...
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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