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Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883
» Metallogorgia Versluys 1902 -
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Metallogorgia Versluys 1902
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Branch close-up (YPM5806A).
Polyp close-up (YPM5806A). Width approx 0.8 mm, heigth approx. 1.1 mm.
YPM5806A, type material of Metallogorgia splendens.
A mass of unidentified fish eggs on Metallogorgia collected at Kelvin Seamount.
Metallogorgia tenuis, type (polyp about 1.25 - 1.5 mm long)
Metallogorgia tenuis, type (polyp about 2.5 - 3 mm long)
Plate from Paternak 1981.
Sclerites a) branch coenenchyme, b) body wall, and c) tentacles. Unpublished plate (do not use w/out permission).
In situ photograph of Metallogorgia melanotrichos and its associate, Ophiocreas oedipus.
Preserved Metallogorgia melanotrichos and its associate, Ophiocreas oedipus.
Metallogorgia Colony
Polyp and sclerites of Metallogorgia macrospina Kukenthal, 1919
Polyps of Pseudochrysogorgia and Metallogorgia
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker
, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft
,
Ben Scott
,
Vince Smith