. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 76 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM A O. Fig. 38. Botryllus maeandrius. A. Zooid. B. Gut. C. Hermaphroditic gonad. D-E. Two additional zooids. less than ten lobes. These protrude slightly to the exterior and are located almost at the same level in the posterior and ventral part of the body. An ovary located dorsal to the testis in a pedunculate pouch (Fig. 38A) contains one or two degenerated eggs. Remarks We have re-examined the type of B. maeandrium Sluiter, 1898a (ZMA TU 297). It is not well eno
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 76 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM A O. Fig. 38. Botryllus maeandrius. A. Zooid. B. Gut. C. Hermaphroditic gonad. D-E. Two additional zooids. less than ten lobes. These protrude slightly to the exterior and are located almost at the same level in the posterior and ventral part of the body. An ovary located dorsal to the testis in a pedunculate pouch (Fig. 38A) contains one or two degenerated eggs. Remarks We have re-examined the type of B. maeandrium Sluiter, 1898a (ZMA TU 297). It is not well enough preserved to be redescribed, but does not correspond either to Sluiter's description or pi. 6 (fig. 10) of the species. It has no systems and may either be Botryllus elegans or a species of Symplegma. However, Sluiter's (1898«, pi. 2 (fig. 7)) colour drawing corresponds well to the species described here. His pi. 6 (fig. 10) is surprising; it depicts a zooid with five longitudinal vessels, a small cloacal aperture, a gut with the structure of a Botryllus, and gonads with a non-protruding ovary in the position in which it is found in B. elegans. His zooid description corresponds to this figure. The labelling of Sluiter's specimens is often erroneous, as Michaelsen (1924) has already noted, and it is not rare to find several species from different families in one of his type samples. His descriptions sometimes appear to be fanciful if not totally 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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