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Rhizosmilia maculata (Pourtalès, 1875), described in Cairns, 1977 as Caryophyllia maculata, longitudinal section, showing dissepiments.
Rhizosmilia maculata (Pourtalès, 1875), described in Cairns, 1977 as Caryophyllia maculata, longitudinal section, showing dissepiments.
Description Name of object: Rhizosmilia maculata (Pourtalès, 1875), described in Cairns, 1977 as Caryophyllia maculata
Specimen ID: USNM 46811
Type Specimen: Not a Type
Locality: Off Cozumel, Yucatan, 6.5 m.
Scale Bar Length: 8.5 mm
Orientation: Longitudinal section, showing dissepiments
Preparation Method: Skeleton Surface
Imaging Method: Photograph
Copyright: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
 Author Cairns, 1978, Figure 1-8. PNG file - 1.55 MB - 926 x 1 024 pixels added on 2023-02-24178 viewsDeep-Sea taxaDigital photo, entire species Rhizosmilia Cairns, 1978checked Hoeksema, Bert 2023-02-24Digital photo, entire species Rhizosmilia maculata (Pourtalès, 1874)checked Hoeksema, Bert 2023-02-24 Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License
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