FIGURE 32 in Shallow-water black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) from SW Madagascar

FIGURE 32. Cupressopathes sp. 2, INV.131340. (a) In situ picture of the entire colony showing the asymmetry in the cylindrical shape. (b) Close-up view of the distal part of the colony where a branch is growing. (c) Cross section showing the irregular arrangement of the primary pinnules. (d) Lateral view of the pinnulation on a primary pinnule. (e) Top view of the pinnulation of a primary pinnule. (f) Section of subpinnule 0.15 mm in diameter, polypar side is on the right. (g) Section of secondary pinnule 0.34 mm in diameter, polypar side is on the right. (h) Section of primary pinnule 0.85 mm in diameter. (i) Section of branch 2.2 mm in diameter. (j) Polypar spine of subpinnule. (k) Abpolypar spine of subpinnule. (l) Polypar spine of primary pinnule. (m) Needle-like and bifid spines of a branch.Published as part of Terrana, Lucas, Bo, Marzia, Opresko, Dennis M. & Eeckhaut, Igor, 2020, Shallow-water black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) from SW Madagascar, pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 4826 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4826.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/440221