. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. FAMILY PLEUROBRANCHAEIDAE 45. Fig. 24. Pleurobranchella nicobarica Thiele, 1925. B. Extruded penis, scale 5,0 mm. C. Penial hooks. A. Outer end of penis, scale 2,0 mm. D. Penis removed from retracted sac. side is smooth; the convex side is covered with hook-shaped papillae (Fig. 24C-D). The extruded atrium is 30 mm long and 8 mm wide in the largest speci- men. The penis proper is 7 by 2 mm in the largest specimen and 6 by 2,5 mm in the smallest. Discussion Though Thiele (1925) did not figure the peni
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. FAMILY PLEUROBRANCHAEIDAE 45. Fig. 24. Pleurobranchella nicobarica Thiele, 1925. B. Extruded penis, scale 5,0 mm. C. Penial hooks. A. Outer end of penis, scale 2,0 mm. D. Penis removed from retracted sac. side is smooth; the convex side is covered with hook-shaped papillae (Fig. 24C-D). The extruded atrium is 30 mm long and 8 mm wide in the largest speci- men. The penis proper is 7 by 2 mm in the largest specimen and 6 by 2,5 mm in the smallest. Discussion Though Thiele (1925) did not figure the penis of his Pleurobranchella nico- barica, his description is precise enough to identify the present specimens with his material. O'Donoghue gave only a short description of Pleurobranchoides. 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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