. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUMS MEIRING NAUDE CRUISES 177 Material examined Holotype, SAM-A23440, off Lake St Lucia, Natal, Meiring Naude, SM 74, 27°38,6'S 32°52,6'E, beam trawl, 2 April 1976, 860 m. Description Length 82 mm, breath in mid-body 16 mm. Form subcylindrical. Tentacles 19, discs with extremely contracted ramifications giving the tentacles a distinctly peltate appearance. Ventrolateral pedicels short (max. length 10 mm), stout, about 40 on each side, arranged alternately in double or tripl
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUMS MEIRING NAUDE CRUISES 177 Material examined Holotype, SAM-A23440, off Lake St Lucia, Natal, Meiring Naude, SM 74, 27°38,6'S 32°52,6'E, beam trawl, 2 April 1976, 860 m. Description Length 82 mm, breath in mid-body 16 mm. Form subcylindrical. Tentacles 19, discs with extremely contracted ramifications giving the tentacles a distinctly peltate appearance. Ventrolateral pedicels short (max. length 10 mm), stout, about 40 on each side, arranged alternately in double or triple rows. Ventro- lateral papillae about 20 on each side with some indication of a zigzag arrange- ment, size equal to that of pedicels. Dorsal papillae about 43-44 on each side in. Fig. 6. SEM micrographs of body-wall spicules. A-B. Mesothuria parva (Theel). A. Large tables. B. Small tables. C-D. Orphnurgus aspersignis sp. nov. C. Dorsal body wall. D. Ventral body wall. Scale bars = 50 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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