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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... dorsal side refers to the side of the rachis adjacent to the oldest ( usually largest ) autozooids , where the rachis appears mostly bare and uncovered by the polyp leaves ; hence , the ventral side refers to the side of the rachis ...
... dorsal side refers to the side of the rachis adjacent to the oldest ( usually largest ) autozooids , where the rachis appears mostly bare and uncovered by the polyp leaves ; hence , the ventral side refers to the side of the rachis ...
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... dorsal surface of the rachis . Peduncle about as long as rachis . Sclerites absent except for minute ovals ( approximately 0,005 mm in length ) from interior of peduncle . Colour yellowish to cream . Distribution ( Fig . 41 ) Atlantic ...
... dorsal surface of the rachis . Peduncle about as long as rachis . Sclerites absent except for minute ovals ( approximately 0,005 mm in length ) from interior of peduncle . Colour yellowish to cream . Distribution ( Fig . 41 ) Atlantic ...
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... dorsal face of rachis . Mesozooids with two tooth - like points composed of sclerites , common in a row along the basal dorsal margin of each polyp leaf . Siphonozooids without sclerites , crowded in narrow band on rachis above each ...
... dorsal face of rachis . Mesozooids with two tooth - like points composed of sclerites , common in a row along the basal dorsal margin of each polyp leaf . Siphonozooids without sclerites , crowded in narrow band on rachis above each ...
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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