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Distribution Remarks Apparently endemic to southern Africa , known from the south - west coast of South Africa to Transkei . This species is one of the deepest known identified soft corals in southern African waters , ranging from 309 m ...
Distribution Remarks Apparently endemic to southern Africa , known from the south - west coast of South Africa to Transkei . This species is one of the deepest known identified soft corals in southern African waters , ranging from 309 m ...
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Remarks Eleutherobia studeri is distinguished by the possession of pliable dish - like calyces that are formed during the retraction of polyps ; the terminal ends of the polyps form eight - rayed protuberances inside these calyces ...
Remarks Eleutherobia studeri is distinguished by the possession of pliable dish - like calyces that are formed during the retraction of polyps ; the terminal ends of the polyps form eight - rayed protuberances inside these calyces ...
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Remarks The cuticular covering of the stalk provides a substratum for epizoic organisms such as encrusting white didemnid ascidians . Malacacanthus capensis is distinguished by the presence of siphonozooids , total lack of sclerites ...
Remarks The cuticular covering of the stalk provides a substratum for epizoic organisms such as encrusting white didemnid ascidians . Malacacanthus capensis is distinguished by the presence of siphonozooids , total lack of sclerites ...
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