The Shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian Region: A Manual for Marine Biologists |
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Methods and Techniques | 22 |
riisei Duchassaing Michelotti | 39 |
fruticulosa Dana | 46 |
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acerosa Alcyonacea alcyonarians anthocodial rods Antilles axis Bahamas Barbados BAYER Bermuda BIELSCHOWSKY blunt body walls branchlets Brazil calyces calycular calyculata capstans clubs coast of Florida coenenchyme color colorless cortical spicules crown Curaçao DEICHMANN 1936 Diagnosis diameter Distribution dry spec Dry Tortugas Duchassaing & Michelotti Edwards & Haime Ellisella elongata Esper Eunicea Euniceopsis fathoms fauna FIGURE flabellum flat rods flattened Florida Keys genera Genus Gorgonacea Gorgonia Gorgoniidae Gulf of Mexico Height holotype Island Kölliker KÜKENTHAL Lamouroux Leptogorgia longitudinal Material middle layer middle rind Milne Edwards muricata Muricea Muriceopsis octocorals outer cortex outer layer outer rind Pallas Pennatulacea pinnate PLATE Plexaurella Plexauridae polyps Pseudoplexaura Pseudopterogorgia Pterogorgia purple reef Remarks scale scaphoids sclerites slender spicules spicules of axial spindles spindles of middle STIASNY stout tall Telestacea Telesto tentacles terminal branches tourneforti tubercles twigs Type species USNM ventalina VERRILL virgulata West Indies western Atlantic