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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... spindles predominant ( Figs 25F - I , 26 ) . Alcyonium fauri has spindles and clubbed spindles ( see Figs 14 , 15 ) as well as many globular to oval spheroids or compact capstans ; and A. foliatum is characterized by having distinct ...
... spindles predominant ( Figs 25F - I , 26 ) . Alcyonium fauri has spindles and clubbed spindles ( see Figs 14 , 15 ) as well as many globular to oval spheroids or compact capstans ; and A. foliatum is characterized by having distinct ...
Page 326
... spindles or slightly clubbed spindles , mostly 0,4-1,0 mm in length . Surface of stalk with large robust spindles or slightly clubbed spindles 0,25-2,6 mm long . Similar large sclerites are common throughout the interior of the colony ...
... spindles or slightly clubbed spindles , mostly 0,4-1,0 mm in length . Surface of stalk with large robust spindles or slightly clubbed spindles 0,25-2,6 mm long . Similar large sclerites are common throughout the interior of the colony ...
Page 347
... spindles , densely packed and longitudinally placed . Polyps with conspicu- ous crown and points , retractile into calyces composed of elongate spindles .. Siphonogorgia sp . 24B . Surface of colony usually smooth and soft , not packed ...
... spindles , densely packed and longitudinally placed . Polyps with conspicu- ous crown and points , retractile into calyces composed of elongate spindles .. Siphonogorgia sp . 24B . Surface of colony usually smooth and soft , not packed ...
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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