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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... membranous base . Retracted polyps < 1,0 mm in diameter . Membranous base may form stolon - like bands joining polyparies , or base may form a continuous sheet with swollen aggregations of polyps forming polyparies . Coenenchyme ...
... membranous base . Retracted polyps < 1,0 mm in diameter . Membranous base may form stolon - like bands joining polyparies , or base may form a continuous sheet with swollen aggregations of polyps forming polyparies . Coenenchyme ...
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... membranous , often spreading bases that adhere to the brachiopod shells . Retracted polyps are 1,5 mm in diameter . Usually 6-20 polyps per polypary . Polyps restricted to polyparies , none arise directly from membranous base ...
... membranous , often spreading bases that adhere to the brachiopod shells . Retracted polyps are 1,5 mm in diameter . Usually 6-20 polyps per polypary . Polyps restricted to polyparies , none arise directly from membranous base ...
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... membranous growth forms with polyparies of more - or - less globular aggregations of polyps , and alcohol- soluble pigments . Accurate identification can only be made by examination of coenenchymal sclerites . The three species possess ...
... membranous growth forms with polyparies of more - or - less globular aggregations of polyps , and alcohol- soluble pigments . Accurate identification can only be made by examination of coenenchymal sclerites . The three species possess ...
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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