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Euchitonia elegans/furcata group

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Photo#: 427
Location: Gulf of California
Sample: VS-R-64, 1-3 cm
Photo by: Richard N. Benson

Comments:
Benson, 1966, pl. 14, fig. 1. Typical Euchitonia elegans type with slender arms and terminal spines. Slide VS-R-64a, 1-3 cm. Bar is 100 µm.  
Photo#: 428
Location: Gulf of California
Sample: VS-R-60, 3-5 cm
Photo by: Richard N. Benson

Comments:
Benson, 1966, pl. 14, fig.2. Tending toward Euchitonia furcata type with arms expanded distally and no terminal spines. Slide VS-R-60a, 3-5 cm. Bar is 100 µm.  
Photo#: 429
Location: Gulf of California
Photo by: Richard N. Benson

Comments:
Benson, 1966, p. 233: Fig. 17. Euchitonia e1egans (Ehrenberg). Diagram of side view through central region of test illustrating the three concentric rings merging with the two latticed plates on either surface of the test. Rings shown extending into two of the three arms. Central shell completely internal. [Note: On closer examination (2003) the first “ring” around the internal spherical to subspherical shell is another shell enclosing that shell; therefore the central region consists of two concentric shells instead of one as described by Benson, 1966; the second “ring” merges with the latticed plates covering both surfaces of the central part of the test, therefore, is not a true concentric shell.]  
Photo#: 534
Location: Gulf of California
Sample: VS-R-60
Photo by: Bjørklund & Benson 2003

Comments:
Picture taken from slide VS-R-60a, 3-5 cm. Bar is 100 µm. 
Photo#: 535
Location: Gulf of California
Sample: VS-R-60
Photo by: Bjørklund & Benson 2003

Comments:
Picture taken from slide VS-R-60a, 3-5 cm. Bar is 100 µm. 
Photo#: 536
Location: Gulf of California
Sample: VS-R-60
Photo by: Bjørklund & Benson 2003

Comments:
Picture taken from slide VS-R-60a, 3-5 cm. Bar is 100 µm. 
Photo#: 872
Location: China Sea
Photo by: Atsushi Matsuoka

Comments:
Living specimen with abundant symbiontic YELLOW CELLS, the zooxanthellae. A well developed axoflagellum is seen in centre of the smallest of the three angles between the arms. 


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