Solumbellula monocephalus ( Pasternak, 1964 )

Risaro, Jessica & Abstract, Daniel Lauretta, 2023, Sea Pens (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Pennatuloidea) From The Mar Del Plata Submarine Canyon And Outskirts, Zootaxa 5389 (4), pp. 401-433 : 424

Solumbellula monocephalus ( Pasternak, 1964)

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FIGURE 15. Solumbellula monocephalus. A) General aspect of a complete colony after being fixed in ethanol. B) Detail of the terminal autozooid showing the siphonozooids' position. Abbreviations: Aut: autozooid; Ped: peduncle; Rac: rachis; Siph: siphonozooids.

FIGURE 16. SEM micrographs of cross section of the central axis of S. monocephalus. A) Proximal, between peduncle and rachis. B) Distal, from the dorsal region of the autozooid.

FIGURE 17. SEM micrographs of the diversity of sclerites of S. monocephalus. A-B) Sclerites from the autozooids column. C-E) Sclerites from the autozooids tentacles. F-H) Sclerites from the rachis.