FIGURE 7. Cladarisis nouvianae n. gen, n in A new genus of bamboo coral (Octocorallia: Isididae) from the Bahamas

FIGURE 7. Cladarisis nouvianae n. gen, n. sp. A, light microscope view of dissected polyp from holotype YPM IZ 070870 (specimen RUM 107-2), ventral part of polyp removed to show pharynx and septa from ventral side. B, SEM view of the same polyp after critical point drying and sputter coating; C, close-up view of the hypopharynx (see Bayer & Muzik 1976); D, closeup view of spandrel or pendentive (see Gould 1997) between septa with multitoothed pharyngeal sclerites. Abbreviations: Sc, sclerites; Se, septa; H, hypopharynx; R, ring of tissue separating peristome from pharynx; T, tip of tentacle visible through pharyngeal tissue.