FIGURE 8 in Re-description of type material of Xenia Lamarck, 1816 (Octocorallia: Xeniidae)

FIGURE 8. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Xenia grasshoffi Verseveldt, 1974 holotype (SMF 2616). a. Ellipsoid platelets, fractured; b. Sclerites with surface crest; c. Fractured sclerites composed of a latticework matrix of dendritic calcite rods radially arranged, at least in peripheral region; d. Overview of variety of sclerites. Scale bar at a, b and c 0.010 mm, at d 0.020 mm.Published as part of Halász, Anna, Mcfadden, Catherine S., Toonen, Robert & Benayahu, Yehuda, 2019, Re-description of type material of Xenia Lamarck, 1816 (Octocorallia: Xeniidae), pp. 201-239 in Zootaxa 4652 (2) on page 215, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/336365