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)