. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. FURTHER DESCRIPTIONS OF SOUTH AFRICAN ASCIDIANS 195 spicules (fig. 36 E) in various body tissues, but not in the test. The spicules are most abundant in one large specimen from Mossel Bay (MB 18 V), in which the walls of the endostyle, the branchial folds, the oral tentacles and the dorsal tubercle have many closely packed simple or branched spicules. Spicules of this kind have been recorded in certain tissues of Cynthiopsis valdiviae Michaelsen and spicules of a simple shape in C. herdmanni (v. Dras
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. FURTHER DESCRIPTIONS OF SOUTH AFRICAN ASCIDIANS 195 spicules (fig. 36 E) in various body tissues, but not in the test. The spicules are most abundant in one large specimen from Mossel Bay (MB 18 V), in which the walls of the endostyle, the branchial folds, the oral tentacles and the dorsal tubercle have many closely packed simple or branched spicules. Spicules of this kind have been recorded in certain tissues of Cynthiopsis valdiviae Michaelsen and spicules of a simple shape in C. herdmanni (v. Drasche), and both of these species are regarded as representing P. stolonifera (Heller) (Hartmeyer, 1911). Pyura capensis Hartmeyer (Fig. 37) Pyura capensis Hartmeyer, 1911, p. 561. Known distribution False Bay, Cape Province. A. Fig. 37. Pyura capensis Hartmeyer. A, intact specimen; B, oral tentacle; C, dorsal tubercles of two specimens; D, gut; E, one of the gonadial 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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