. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 246 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM 1 colony, SCUBA, G. C. Williams. SAM-H978 (holotype), St Francis Bay (34°5'20"S 25°43'E), 95 m, 1 November 1898, 1 partial colony, dredge, Pieter Faure survey, PF 622. SAM-H982 (holotype of Leptogorgia aurata) and SAM-H983 (type specimen of Leptogorgia alba var. capensis), Durnford Point, Natal (28°25'S 32°30'E), 82 m, 28 February 1901, 1 colony each, dredge, Pieter Faure survey, PF 12164 and PF 12165. Description Colonies examined range in length
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 246 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM 1 colony, SCUBA, G. C. Williams. SAM-H978 (holotype), St Francis Bay (34°5'20"S 25°43'E), 95 m, 1 November 1898, 1 partial colony, dredge, Pieter Faure survey, PF 622. SAM-H982 (holotype of Leptogorgia aurata) and SAM-H983 (type specimen of Leptogorgia alba var. capensis), Durnford Point, Natal (28°25'S 32°30'E), 82 m, 28 February 1901, 1 colony each, dredge, Pieter Faure survey, PF 12164 and PF 12165. Description Colonies examined range in length from 110 mm to 360 mm. Colonies grow upright. Branching is planar and pinnate, bushy or arising from a single basal stem. Branching is very copious, anastomoses are frequent. Proximal branches and main stem often flattened. Ultimate branches mostly cylindrical, 5-25 mm in length, often curving and ascending. Polyps present on all sides of ultimate branches, usually forming hemispherical protuberances during retraction. Flat- tened faces of proximal branches mostly free of polyps. Coenenchymal sclerites are capstans exhibiting a wide range of sizes, 0,03-0,13 mm in length. Some of the larger ones may be slightly bent. Colony colour highly variable: bright. Fig. 46. Leptogorgia gilchristi (Hickson, 1904). An entire colony, 300 mm in 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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