FIGURE 13 in Shallow-water black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) from SW Madagascar

FIGURE 13. Arachnopathes ericoides (Pallas, 1766) specimen INV.131342. (a) In situ colony in lateral view. (b) The same colony seen from above. (c) Close-up view of the branchlets on a distal branch. (d) Close-up view of the polyps stored in 70% ethanol. (e) Section of a branchlet 0.23 mm in diameter, the polypar side is on the right. (f) Section of a branch 0.38 mm in diameter. (g) Section of a branch 0.55 mm in diameter. (h–j) Different morphologies of the spines.