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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... portions of adjacent polyps fused to some degree , often forming flattened expansions ( polyp leaves , e.g. Fig . 32A ... portion of rachis , arranged biserially along rachis , or concentrated in a terminal cluster , or in groups of two ...
... portions of adjacent polyps fused to some degree , often forming flattened expansions ( polyp leaves , e.g. Fig . 32A ... portion of rachis , arranged biserially along rachis , or concentrated in a terminal cluster , or in groups of two ...
Page 37
... portion of stalk with sclerites 12B . Colony lacking sclerites altogether ... 12 13 Umbellula thomsoni Umbellula lindahli 13A . Colonies clavate , distal portion of rachis wider than rest of colony ; terminal end obtuse . Polyps large ...
... portion of stalk with sclerites 12B . Colony lacking sclerites altogether ... 12 13 Umbellula thomsoni Umbellula lindahli 13A . Colonies clavate , distal portion of rachis wider than rest of colony ; terminal end obtuse . Polyps large ...
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... portions of the peduncles missing . These partial colonies are between 30 mm and 62 mm in length . Colonies club - shaped ... portion of the rachis . It is roughly circular in cross - section . The surface of the axis may be partially ...
... portions of the peduncles missing . These partial colonies are between 30 mm and 62 mm in length . Colonies club - shaped ... portion of the rachis . It is roughly circular in cross - section . The surface of the axis may be partially ...
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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