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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... Polyps non - retractile , calyces absent . Adjacent polyps united at their bases only , not forming polyp leaves or raised ridges .... Anthoptilidae 9B . Polyps retractile into calyces or into margins of fleshy polyp leaves or raised ...
... Polyps non - retractile , calyces absent . Adjacent polyps united at their bases only , not forming polyp leaves or raised ridges .... Anthoptilidae 9B . Polyps retractile into calyces or into margins of fleshy polyp leaves or raised ...
Page 38
... polyp clusters per colony with intervals between clusters > 20 mm . Mature colonies > 120 mm in length ... leaves . Fused proximal portions of adjacent polyps form prominent polyp leaves , ridges , or basal swellings which emanate ...
... polyp clusters per colony with intervals between clusters > 20 mm . Mature colonies > 120 mm in length ... leaves . Fused proximal portions of adjacent polyps form prominent polyp leaves , ridges , or basal swellings which emanate ...
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... Polyp leaves well developed , up to 40 mm in length and 16 mm in width , 26-37 pairs of polyp leaves per colony . Autozooids 29-42 per polyp leaf , in usually 2 or 3 ill - defined rows . Calyces tubular , up to 10 mm long , eight ...
... Polyp leaves well developed , up to 40 mm in length and 16 mm in width , 26-37 pairs of polyp leaves per colony . Autozooids 29-42 per polyp leaf , in usually 2 or 3 ill - defined rows . Calyces tubular , up to 10 mm long , eight ...
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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