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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... Axis variable ; large to very small or absent . Colour usually white to cream , yellowish or greyish - white . A ... Axis is a short rod ( c . 8 mm long and 0,8 mm wide ) in the centre of the proximal portion of the rachis . It is ...
... Axis variable ; large to very small or absent . Colour usually white to cream , yellowish or greyish - white . A ... Axis is a short rod ( c . 8 mm long and 0,8 mm wide ) in the centre of the proximal portion of the rachis . It is ...
Page 46
... axis absent ; sclerites from the surfaces of the peduncle and rachis are predominantly elongate rods and spindles . The rachis interior has similar sclerites but the peduncle interior has minute ovals . Cavernularia obesa , from the ...
... axis absent ; sclerites from the surfaces of the peduncle and rachis are predominantly elongate rods and spindles . The rachis interior has similar sclerites but the peduncle interior has minute ovals . Cavernularia obesa , from the ...
Page 86
... axis and sclerites that are round in cross section , whereas U. thomsoni has three - flanged sclerites and a quadrangular axis . I have found that shape of the axis in cross - section is an invalid differentiating character with regards ...
... axis and sclerites that are round in cross section , whereas U. thomsoni has three - flanged sclerites and a quadrangular axis . I have found that shape of the axis in cross - section is an invalid differentiating character with regards ...
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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