Scleranthelia rugosa ( Pourtalès, 1867 )

Devictor, Susan T. & Morton, Steve L., 2010, Identification guide to the shallow water (0 - 200 m) octocorals of the South Atlantic Bight 2599, Zootaxa 2599 (1), pp. 1-62 : 29

Scleranthelia rugosa ( Pourtalès, 1867)

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FIGURE 28. Scleranthelia rugosa: A, plate sclerite of var. musiva (USNM 54586) (scale bar = 0.1 mm); B, calyx of var. musiva (USNM 55107) (scale bar = 0.5 mm); C, var. rugosa showing ribbon-like stolons (USNM 94534, preserved specimen); D, var. rugosa, close up of calyx, showing stolon and plate sclerites; E, var. musiva, showing sheet-like stolons (USNM 55540, preserved specimen). A and B SEM images by F.M. Bayer/Smithsonian Institution.