Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse MuseumWest, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1990 - Natural history |
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... Remarks According to Tixier - Durivault ( 1960 : 363-365 ) , colonies are long and nar- row , clavate with stalk length equal to or longer than rachis . Siphonozooids not aligned in longitudinal rows . Sclerites are bone - shaped , not ...
... Remarks According to Tixier - Durivault ( 1960 : 363-365 ) , colonies are long and nar- row , clavate with stalk length equal to or longer than rachis . Siphonozooids not aligned in longitudinal rows . Sclerites are bone - shaped , not ...
Page 49
... Remarks Cavernulina sp . Fig . 38 A partial colony , in which only a 30 mm long rachis is present , recently collected from 62 m depth off the Durban region of Natal , possesses bilobed sclerites 0,1-0,25 mm in length . These sclerites ...
... Remarks Cavernulina sp . Fig . 38 A partial colony , in which only a 30 mm long rachis is present , recently collected from 62 m depth off the Durban region of Natal , possesses bilobed sclerites 0,1-0,25 mm in length . These sclerites ...
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... Remarks This species is distinguished from other southern African sea pens by its 3-7 demarcated clusters of 2-4 polyps and possession of a single rudimentary terminal polyp . Remarks on the genus Chunella Kükenthal & Broch ( 1911 : 275 ) ...
... Remarks This species is distinguished from other southern African sea pens by its 3-7 demarcated clusters of 2-4 polyps and possession of a single rudimentary terminal polyp . Remarks on the genus Chunella Kükenthal & Broch ( 1911 : 275 ) ...
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absent Actinoptilum molle Adjacent polyps Alcyonaria Amphiacme abyssorum Anthoptilum Anthozoa Atlantic autozooids axis Balss Calibelemnon calyces calyx calyx teeth Cape Town Cavernularia elegans Cavernulina coast cosmopolitan distribution D'Hondt depth Diagnosis Colonies distal Distichoptilum gracile Distribution Fig dorsal dredge Echinoptilum echinatum Echinoptilum macintoshii elongate Entire colony False Bay Family fauna G. C. Williams genera genus Grasshoff Halipteris Herklots Hickson Hubrecht Indian Ocean Indo-Pacific J. A. Thomson Kölliker Kophobelemnon stelliferum Kükenthal & Broch Kükenthal 1915 leaf Linnaeus Lituaria Material mesozooids micrographs of sclerites minute ovals Mozambique Namibia Natal numerous Pallas partim Pasternak peduncle peduncular Pennatula inflata pennatulaceans polyp leaves Polyps arranged proximal portions Pteroeides isosceles quadrangular R.V. Meiring Naude rachis record region retractile Scale sclerites Sclerites from surface Scleroptilum sea pens Siphonozooids South Africa South African Museum southern Africa specimens surface of peduncle synonymy tentacles terminal teeth three-flanged spindles Tixier-Durivault Transkei trawl type locality Type species Veretillum Verrill Virgularia schultzei whorl