FIGURE 4 in Re-description of type material of Xenia Lamarck, 1816 (Octocorallia: Xeniidae)

FIGURE 4. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Xenia plicata Schenk, 1896 holotype (SMF 45). a. Ellipsoid platelets, most fractured; b. Fractured sclerite; c. Fractured sclerite, enlarged, composed of calcite rods, often dendritic and sinuous, and more or less radially arranged in the peripheral region. Scale bar at a and b 0.010 mm, at c 0.001 mm.