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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... minute ( < 0,3 mm in diameter ) . Autozooids with or without sclerites . Axis variable ; large to very small or absent . Colour usually white to cream , yellowish or greyish - white . A genus of approximately 14 species . Indo - Pacific ...
... minute ( < 0,3 mm in diameter ) . Autozooids with or without sclerites . Axis variable ; large to very small or absent . Colour usually white to cream , yellowish or greyish - white . A genus of approximately 14 species . Indo - Pacific ...
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... minute siphonozooids on rachis . Scale = 5 mm . D. Minute sclerites from lower peduncle . Scale = from distal tip of colony . Scale = 0,02 mm . E. Rudimentary polyp 1,2 mm . Description Colonies examined vary in length from 320-550 mm ...
... minute siphonozooids on rachis . Scale = 5 mm . D. Minute sclerites from lower peduncle . Scale = from distal tip of colony . Scale = 0,02 mm . E. Rudimentary polyp 1,2 mm . Description Colonies examined vary in length from 320-550 mm ...
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... minute ovals ( approximately 0,005 mm in length ) from interior of peduncle . Colour yellowish to cream . Distribution ( Fig . 41 ) Atlantic Ocean , including the Arctic region , Mediterranean Sea , northern and western Africa , and the ...
... minute ovals ( approximately 0,005 mm in length ) from interior of peduncle . Colour yellowish to cream . Distribution ( Fig . 41 ) Atlantic Ocean , including the Arctic region , Mediterranean Sea , northern and western Africa , and the ...
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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