FIGURE 2 in First report of free-living, solitary zoanthid from Andaman and Nicobar Islands

FIGURE 2. Sphenopus marsupialis (Gmelin, 1791); A–D. Morphology of S. marsupialis, E. In-situ image, tentacles and polyp column, F. In-situ image, oral disc and tentacles, G & H. Aboral end of polyp, coating of fine sand particles, capitular ridge, I. Longitudinal section of polyp, mesoglea (M), sphincter muscles (SM), reticulate marginal muscle (RMM), J. Cross-section of polyp, dorsal directives (DD), ectoderm (EC), endoderm (EN), complete mesentery (CM), incomplete mesentery (IM), siphonoglyph (S), mesoglea (M), sand holes (SH). Scale bar = 5 mm.