. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 240 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM surfaces of the branches (0,5 mm long). Polyps are present on all sides of ulti- mate branches, but are usually present only on opposite edges of the flattened lower branches and basal stem, and not present or only scattered sparingly on the flattened faces of these branches. Coenenchymal sclerites are mainly com- pact capstans (0,04-0,10 mm long). A few capstans may be less compact with whorls of tubercles well spaced. Colony colour is vivid orange, red-orange,
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 240 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM surfaces of the branches (0,5 mm long). Polyps are present on all sides of ulti- mate branches, but are usually present only on opposite edges of the flattened lower branches and basal stem, and not present or only scattered sparingly on the flattened faces of these branches. Coenenchymal sclerites are mainly com- pact capstans (0,04-0,10 mm long). A few capstans may be less compact with whorls of tubercles well spaced. Colony colour is vivid orange, red-orange, or deep brick-red; permanent due to sclerite coloration. Axis is dark brown to black. Distribution Commonly encountered along the coast of South Africa from the west coast of the Cape Peninsula to Durban, Natal; intertidal to 100 m in depth (Williams in press a). Type locality Cape of Good Hope, but exact locality not Fig. 40. Leptogorgia palma (Pallas, 1766). An entire colony, 250 mm in height, showing pinnate 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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