FIGURE 9 in Shallow-water black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) from SW Madagascar

FIGURE 9. Antipathes cf. pseudodichotoma Silberfeld, 1909 specimen INV.131364. (a, b) Entire colony measuring about 25 cm in height. (c) Section of a branch 0.24 mm in diameter. The polypar side is on the right. (d) Section of a branch 0.48 mm in diameter. The polypar side is on the right. (e) Section of a branch 0.62 mm in diameter. The polypar side is on the right. (f) Polypar spine on a branch of 0.60 mm in diameter. (g) Abpolypar spine on the same branch. (h) Example of irregular spine.