Anthoptilum grandiflorum ( Verrill, 1879 )

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 : 410

Anthoptilum grandiflorum ( Verrill, 1879)

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FIGURE 2. Anthoptilum grandiflorum. A) General aspect of a complete colony after fixed in ethanol. B) Detail of a colony showing different type of polyps. Abbreviations: Aut: autozooid; Ax: central axis; Ped: peduncle; Rac: rachis; Siph: siphonozooids.

FIGURE 3. SEM micrographs of cross section of the central axis of A. grandiflorum. A) Proximal, between peduncle and rachis. B) Distal, from the most distal region of the colony.