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The tunic is tough . The spicules are limited to a thin layer at the colony surface and another at the interface with the substratum . The tunic is filled with large vacuolar cells throughout its thickness . It is brown in formalin .
The tunic is tough . The spicules are limited to a thin layer at the colony surface and another at the interface with the substratum . The tunic is filled with large vacuolar cells throughout its thickness . It is brown in formalin .
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Out of the tunic the lobes of the siphons are toothed . The large tentacles are very ramified to make an efficient filter at the branchial sac entrance . The dorsal tubercle protrudes in two spiral cones . Its opening follows a curved ...
Out of the tunic the lobes of the siphons are toothed . The large tentacles are very ramified to make an efficient filter at the branchial sac entrance . The dorsal tubercle protrudes in two spiral cones . Its opening follows a curved ...
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In all three cases , the species are small , 15 mm maximum , with a thin tunic covered with hair . None of his descriptions mentions brooding . In our collection we have identified two forms . One of them has a large size ( 30 mm ) ...
In all three cases , the species are small , 15 mm maximum , with a thin tunic covered with hair . None of his descriptions mentions brooding . In our collection we have identified two forms . One of them has a large size ( 30 mm ) ...
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| Title | Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum, Volume 108 Volume 108 of Annals of the South African Museum, South African Museum Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum, South African Museum |
| Author | South African Museum |
| Publisher | South African Museum, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 Dec 2009 |
| ISBN | 0868131806, 9780868131801 |
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