Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 39. Capnella susanae Williams, 1988. Entire colony 25 mm in length. B. Group of three polyps; central polyp is 3 mm in length. C. Sclerites from polyp wall. D. Sclerites from surface of stalk. C-D. Scale bar = 0,2 mm. 332 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 40. Scanning electron micrographs of Capnella susanae Williams, 1988. A-E. Sclerites from polyp bases. A. 0,15 mm. B. 0,125 mm. C. 0,035 mm. D. 0,20 mm. E. 0,14 mm. F-H. Sclerites from surface of stalk. F. 0,07 mm. G. 0,07-0,09 mm. H. Both 0,075 mm. SOFT COR
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 39. Capnella susanae Williams, 1988. Entire colony 25 mm in length. B. Group of three polyps; central polyp is 3 mm in length. C. Sclerites from polyp wall. D. Sclerites from surface of stalk. C-D. Scale bar = 0,2 mm. 332 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 40. Scanning electron micrographs of Capnella susanae Williams, 1988. A-E. Sclerites from polyp bases. A. 0,15 mm. B. 0,125 mm. C. 0,035 mm. D. 0,20 mm. E. 0,14 mm. F-H. Sclerites from surface of stalk. F. 0,07 mm. G. 0,07-0,09 mm. H. Both 0,075 mm. SOFT CORALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 333 Capnella thyrsoidea (Verrill, 1865) Figs 1H-I, 41-42 Nephthya thyrsoidea Verrill, 1865: rugosa Kiikenthal, 1902: rugosa Kiikenthal, 1906: 68, pi. 3 (figs 12, 13), pi. 11 (figs 67-69). Thomson, 1910: 575, pi. 2 (fig. 10), pi. 4 (figs 42a-c). Broch, 1939: 12, fig. gilchristi Thomson, 1910: 578, pi. 2 (fig. 11), pi. 4 (figs 40a-c).Capnella-thyrsoidea Utinomi, 1960: 31. Verseveldt, 1977: 185. England & Robson, 1984: 313, figs 4C, 5C-D. Material SAM-H917, Mossel Bay, Cape Province (22°15S 34°10E), 38 m, 24 June1898, 2 colonies, shrimp trawl, coll. Pieter Faure survey, PF 88. SAM-H3385, off Danger Point, Cape Province (34°39S 19°20E), 39 m, 12 April1984, 2
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