. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. o>s*. Fig. 2. Hydractinia kaffraria n. sp. A. Three individuals of a colony: gastrozooid, tentacular filament and female gonozooid bearing sporosacs. B. Longitudinal section of female sporosac. G. Longitudinal section of male sporosac. Ripe sporosacs have been found in January, February, July and September. Since no empty sporosacs have been observed there is a possibility that these structures have a short free-living existence before the discharge of the sexual products. The host snail, Nassariu
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. o>s*. Fig. 2. Hydractinia kaffraria n. sp. A. Three individuals of a colony: gastrozooid, tentacular filament and female gonozooid bearing sporosacs. B. Longitudinal section of female sporosac. G. Longitudinal section of male sporosac. Ripe sporosacs have been found in January, February, July and September. Since no empty sporosacs have been observed there is a possibility that these structures have a short free-living existence before the discharge of the sexual products. The host snail, Nassarius kraussianus, is common in the £ostera beds of the estuaries of the Cape Province and Natal. The hydroid has its centre of distri- bution in the Transkei area of the Cape Province, extending as far north as Durban on the east coast and as far west as the Breede River on the south 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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