. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. PACIFIC TUNICATA OF NATIONAL MUSEUM 107. Figure 36.—Clavelina (Synclavella) arafurensis Tokioka: a, three cormidia of the larger colony; b, distal surface of a cormidium showing apertures of two zooids; r, right side of thorax; d, left siae of abdomen; e, ciliated groove;/, dorsal languet. Cormidia attain a maximum length of 32 mm., but are usually 25 mm. in length and 5 mm. in thickness. Number of zooids embedded in respective cormidia varies from 3 to 9, averaging 5 or 6. Zooids arranged with ventral sides towards periphery. Corona so
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. PACIFIC TUNICATA OF NATIONAL MUSEUM 107. Figure 36.—Clavelina (Synclavella) arafurensis Tokioka: a, three cormidia of the larger colony; b, distal surface of a cormidium showing apertures of two zooids; r, right side of thorax; d, left siae of abdomen; e, ciliated groove;/, dorsal languet. Cormidia attain a maximum length of 32 mm., but are usually 25 mm. in length and 5 mm. in thickness. Number of zooids embedded in respective cormidia varies from 3 to 9, averaging 5 or 6. Zooids arranged with ventral sides towards periphery. Corona soft, slightly milky white, transparent, and contains thoraces and anterior parts of abdomens; peduncular portion yellowish white, rather hard, translu- cent, fi'e(iuently covered with foreign material. Anterior portion of zooid slightly proti-udes from distal surface of corona, as shown in fig. 3G/y. AVhen animal is alive body dark blue, nearly black, margin of apertures very bright yellow. In preserved specimens, thorax 200 191—67——8. 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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