Catenicella uberrima (Harmer, 1957)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B8789-0870-FFEF-FF6B-FBA7FDD626EB |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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Catenicella uberrima (Harmer, 1957) |
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2. Catenicella uberrima (Harmer, 1957) View in CoL (Plate 4a)
Locality: Sikka, Jamnagar , Gujarat (22° 27’ 57.4 N). Substratum: Dead coral rubble .
Description: Colony delicate, branched and arborescent. Orifice semicircular with very shallow sinus and two small sclerites. Scapular chamber well developed; a small avariculam with triangular mandible, present between the infra and suprascapular chambers; Ooecium slightly longer than wide, overlapping the distal zooid up to half of its length; base of the distal border beaded wide and almost reaching the scapular chamber, median frontal windows present.
Remarks: Recorded for the first time in India.
Distribution: Indonesia, Western Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, Western Africa and Brazil.
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