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Holopsamma turbo
Gunther, Dallas, Carruthers & Francis, 1885
GBIF:258245629
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Hab. Marine.
Gunther, Albert C. L. G., Dallas, William S., Carruthers, William, Francis, William (1885): The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. In: Reptiles and Batrachians from Brazil. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; KENT AND CO.,; WHITT AKER AND CO.: BAILLIERE, PARIS: MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH: HODGES, FOSTER, AND CO., DUBLIN: AND ASHER, BERLIN: TAYLOR AND FRANCIS: 1-96, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14926803
Turbinate, like a peg-top, solid; presenting a circular depression in the centre of the summit, passing into a round attenuated stem below, which terminates in a root-like expansion. Consistence soft, resilient. Colour, when fresh, “ terra-cotta red, with a coating oi grey, ” now grey outside and orange within. Surface smooth, consisting of an areniferous dermis. Pores plentifully scattered all over the dermis. Vent single at the bottom of the depression in the summit. Parenchyma cancellous, areniferous, without fibre. Size of the largest specimen, for there are two, 3 ¾ in. high by 1 ½ x 1 in. in its greatest dimensions.
Gunther, Albert C. L. G., Dallas, William S., Carruthers, William, Francis, William (1885): The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. In: Reptiles and Batrachians from Brazil. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; KENT AND CO.,; WHITT AKER AND CO.: BAILLIERE, PARIS: MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH: HODGES, FOSTER, AND CO., DUBLIN: AND ASHER, BERLIN: TAYLOR AND FRANCIS: 1-96, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14926803
Obs. It is the peculiarity in shape more than anything else which characterizes this species. Mr. Wilson has compared one ofthe specimens to “ a ripe fig. ” The colour of the sarcode internally is orange-yellow, like that of many specimens of H. laevis.
Gunther, Albert C. L. G., Dallas, William S., Carruthers, William, Francis, William (1885): The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. In: Reptiles and Batrachians from Brazil. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; KENT AND CO.,; WHITT AKER AND CO.: BAILLIERE, PARIS: MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH: HODGES, FOSTER, AND CO., DUBLIN: AND ASHER, BERLIN: TAYLOR AND FRANCIS: 1-96, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14926803
Loc. Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Depth 18 fath.
Gunther, Albert C. L. G., Dallas, William S., Carruthers, William, Francis, William (1885): The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. In: Reptiles and Batrachians from Brazil. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; KENT AND CO.,; WHITT AKER AND CO.: BAILLIERE, PARIS: MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH: HODGES, FOSTER, AND CO., DUBLIN: AND ASHER, BERLIN: TAYLOR AND FRANCIS: 1-96, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14926803
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