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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... mm , 30 mm and 70 mm in length , and five larger colonies , which have the proximal portions of the peduncles missing . These partial colonies are between 30 mm and 62 mm in length . Colonies club - shaped with tapering peduncle , length ...
... mm , 30 mm and 70 mm in length , and five larger colonies , which have the proximal portions of the peduncles missing . These partial colonies are between 30 mm and 62 mm in length . Colonies club - shaped with tapering peduncle , length ...
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... mm . B. Single autozooid showing placement of sclerites ; polyp length 2,5 mm . C. Entire colony . Scale 6 mm . D. Entire colony . Scale = 20 mm . E. Longitudinal section of a colony showing position of axis . Scale = 20 mm . F. Axis , ...
... mm . B. Single autozooid showing placement of sclerites ; polyp length 2,5 mm . C. Entire colony . Scale 6 mm . D. Entire colony . Scale = 20 mm . E. Longitudinal section of a colony showing position of axis . Scale = 20 mm . F. Axis , ...
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... mm in length . Peduncle stout , rigid , one - third total length of colony , oval in cross - section . Prominent bulb about midway on peduncle . Rachis spongy and flexible , with naked dorsal tract up to 10 mm in width . This tract is ...
... mm in length . Peduncle stout , rigid , one - third total length of colony , oval in cross - section . Prominent bulb about midway on peduncle . Rachis spongy and flexible , with naked dorsal tract up to 10 mm in width . This tract is ...
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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