Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1991 - Natural history |
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... length . The stalk varies from one fourth to one - half total colony length , but commonly less than one third . Col- onies digitiform , tapering distally , apex rounded . Sharp demarcation between polyparium and stalk . Polyparium ...
... length . The stalk varies from one fourth to one - half total colony length , but commonly less than one third . Col- onies digitiform , tapering distally , apex rounded . Sharp demarcation between polyparium and stalk . Polyparium ...
Page 284
... length . Colour of colonies in life : polyparies vivid pinkish - magenta , with membranous bases white to pinkish . Colour fades to cream or brownish - white when preserved . Pigments are alcohol soluble . Distribution Known only from ...
... length . Colour of colonies in life : polyparies vivid pinkish - magenta , with membranous bases white to pinkish . Colour fades to cream or brownish - white when preserved . Pigments are alcohol soluble . Distribution Known only from ...
Page 316
... length . Colonies are capitate , an enlarged capitulum arises from an elongate and narrow stalk . The largest ... length . A few girdled spindles ( 0,110-0,114 mm ) may also be present in the capitulum . The autozooid anthocodiae possess ...
... length . Colonies are capitate , an enlarged capitulum arises from an elongate and narrow stalk . The largest ... length . A few girdled spindles ( 0,110-0,114 mm ) may also be present in the capitulum . The autozooid anthocodiae possess ...
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Alcyonium anthocodiae Anthomastus anthostele autozooids bands basketwork Bayer beer-strainers boiled with material CALIFORN calyces Cape Province capitulum Capnella capstans chequer Clavularia coenenchyme coil foundation coll cord costellae cylindrical decorative depth diagonal digitiform distal edge elements Eleutherobia escutcheon fabric flank costae foundation strands G. C. Williams genera genus grain-bins Hickson Hoepen holotype hoops Indo-Pacific Inhaca Kitchin knotted Krauss Kükenthal Kwanyama lattice twine length LIBRARY marginal carina mats Mozambique Myophorella Natal Ndau Ndebele nepionic stages Nguni octocorals ornament Oshikango oversewing Pieterfaurea plain plaited polyparium polyps Pterotrigonia radial retracted retractile ribs round row of twining Scale bar sclerites selvedge sewing strand sleeping-mats soft corals Sotho South African Museum southern Africa specimens stalk Steinmanella stitch stolons straight sewn subfamily surface technique Thomson Tixier-Durivault Transkei Trigonia Trigoniidae Tsonga Tswana tuberculate spindles twilled twisted Type species umbones Valanginian Venda Verseveldt warp and weft weave weft winnowing baskets woven Zimbabwe Zulu