. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 0*$-*<A1-. c Fig. 1. Hydractinia altispina n. sp. A. Portion of preserved colony on shell of host, showing an extra large gastrozooid, a small gastrozooid, a male gonozooid and a number of spines. B. Transverse section of male sporosac, showing the 4 groups of spermatogenic cells surrounding the spadix, and the 4 radial canals. C. Longitudinal section of female sporosac, passing through a radial canal on one side. Measurements. Spines reaching 0-98 mm. in length. Gastrozooids reaching 4 mm. in len
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 0*$-*<A1-. c Fig. 1. Hydractinia altispina n. sp. A. Portion of preserved colony on shell of host, showing an extra large gastrozooid, a small gastrozooid, a male gonozooid and a number of spines. B. Transverse section of male sporosac, showing the 4 groups of spermatogenic cells surrounding the spadix, and the 4 radial canals. C. Longitudinal section of female sporosac, passing through a radial canal on one side. Measurements. Spines reaching 0-98 mm. in length. Gastrozooids reaching 4 mm. in length to origin of tentacles when expanded, up to 1*03 mm. preserved. Gonozooids reaching 0-44 mm. in length to origin of tentacles (preserved). Male sporosacs, max. length 0-42 mm., max. width 0*51 mm. Female sporosacs, max. length 0-46 mm., max. width 0-36 mm. Cotypes in Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, nos. F 274, CP 258, B 92, FAL 7 Z. GP 258 also in Museum. Localities. St. James (intertidal), Lambert's Bay (intertidal), False Bay (dredged from 24 metres).. 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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