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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Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum South African Museum. Diagnosis Colonies bushy , arborescent . Axial polyps very long . Lateral polyps short and numerous . Axial regions of colonies hollow . Primary polyp wall thickened and ...
Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum South African Museum. Diagnosis Colonies bushy , arborescent . Axial polyps very long . Lateral polyps short and numerous . Axial regions of colonies hollow . Primary polyp wall thickened and ...
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... Diagnosis Colonies capitate , broad capitulum arising from a columnar stalk . Stalk enveloped by rough cuticle . Polyps dimorphic , restricted to distal surface of capitulum . Capitulum retractile into distal portion of stalk ...
... Diagnosis Colonies capitate , broad capitulum arising from a columnar stalk . Stalk enveloped by rough cuticle . Polyps dimorphic , restricted to distal surface of capitulum . Capitulum retractile into distal portion of stalk ...
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... colonies recently collected from the Cape Agulhas region ( 24-54 m depth ) show characteristics that conform to ... Diagnosis Colonies unbranched , digitiform . Polyps monomorphic . Anthocodia retrac- tile into a permanent conical calyx ...
... colonies recently collected from the Cape Agulhas region ( 24-54 m depth ) show characteristics that conform to ... Diagnosis Colonies unbranched , digitiform . Polyps monomorphic . Anthocodia retrac- tile into a permanent conical calyx ...
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Acrophytum claviger Agulhas Alcyoniidae Alcyonium Alcyonium fauri Anthelia anthocodiae Anthocodial sclerites Anthomastus anthostele autozooids branches calyces calyx Cape Agulhas Cape Peninsula capitulum capstans Cladiella Clavularia clubs coast coenenchymal sclerites coll Colony colour completely retractile Dendronephthya dense depth Williams Diagnosis Colonies digitiform distal dredge Durban eastern Cape Province Eleutherobia endemic to southern Entire colony G. C. Williams R.V. genera genus globular Heteroxenia Hickson holotype Indo-Pacific Inhaca Inhaca Island Kükenthal Litophyton lobes material membranous Metalcyonium Mozambique northern Natal octocorals palisade-like Pieter Faure survey pinnules polyparies polyparium polyps R.V. Meiring Naude region Remarks retracted polyps S.S. Pieter Faure Scale bar Scanning electron micrographs sclerites SCUBA Sinularia siphonozooids Sodwana Bay soft coral southern Africa sparsely specimen Stalk sclerites stolons Telesto tentacles Thomson Tixier-Durivault 1960 total length Transkei tuberculate spheroids tuberculate spindles Type locality Type species Utinomi Verrill Verseveldt & Bayer W. R. Liltved Williams in press Williams R.V. Meiring Wright & Studer