. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 236 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 37. Leptogorgia capensis (Hickson, 1900). An entire colony, 340 mm in height. (1,5-2,5 mm in diameter and up to 170 mm long) that may be somewhat droop- ing. Branching is planar and dichotomous to slightly lateral. Branches are cylindrical and arise from a single basal stem. Anastomosis apparently does not occur. Retracted polyps may form low rounded protuberances (<1,0 mm high) or totally retract into coenenchyme leaving minute slits (<0,5 mm long)

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. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 236 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 37. Leptogorgia capensis (Hickson, 1900). An entire colony, 340 mm in height. (1,5-2,5 mm in diameter and up to 170 mm long) that may be somewhat droop- ing. Branching is planar and dichotomous to slightly lateral. Branches are cylindrical and arise from a single basal stem. Anastomosis apparently does not occur. Retracted polyps may form low rounded protuberances (<1,0 mm high) or totally retract into coenenchyme leaving minute slits (<0,5 mm long) on the surfaces of the branches. Polyps present on all sides of branches. Coenenchymal sclerites are relatively large eight radiates (capstans) or girdled spindles, 0,07-0,17 mm in length. Colony colour permanent yellow due to sclerite color- ation. Axis deep 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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