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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... distinguished from other southern African species of the genus by its clavate growth form , absence of an axis , and sclerites of elongate rods and spindles . Remarks on the genus Cavernularia Day et al . ( 1970 : 17 ) listed ...
... distinguished from other southern African species of the genus by its clavate growth form , absence of an axis , and sclerites of elongate rods and spindles . Remarks on the genus Cavernularia Day et al . ( 1970 : 17 ) listed ...
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... distinguished from other southern African sea pens by having radial symmetry of the rachis , in which the polyps are distributed evenly on all sides , and the possession of generally inconspicuous calyx teeth . Family Kophobelemnidae ...
... distinguished from other southern African sea pens by having radial symmetry of the rachis , in which the polyps are distributed evenly on all sides , and the possession of generally inconspicuous calyx teeth . Family Kophobelemnidae ...
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... distinguished from other southern African species of Virgularia in having 50-200 autozooids per polyp leaf . Virgularia sp . Fig . 41 Remarks Four colonies , 40–80 mm in length , have recently been collected from off the eastern Cape ...
... distinguished from other southern African species of Virgularia in having 50-200 autozooids per polyp leaf . Virgularia sp . Fig . 41 Remarks Four colonies , 40–80 mm in length , have recently been collected from off the eastern Cape ...
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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