Identification guide to the shallow water (0 - 200 m) octocorals of the South Atlantic Bight 2599
Devictor, Susan T.
Morton, Steve L.
Zootaxa
2010
2010-08-31
2599
1
1
62
84KXF
Verrill
1868
[366,534,927,953]
Anthozoa
Virgulariidae
Animalia
Pennatulacea
23
24
Cnidaria
family
1. Colony stout and rigid, with leaves arranged in overlapping pairs along axis. Sclerites generally absent .................... .................................................................................................................................. Virgularia presbytes Bayer, 1955 - Colony slender and flexible, leaves arranged in offset pairs distinctly separated along the axis. Sclerites in form of large needles, forming fan-like structures beneath leaves .................................. Stylatula elegans( Danielssen, 1860)