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Fig. 2

From: A new deep-sea pennatulacean (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Chunellidae) from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic)

Fig. 2

Porcupinella profunda gen. nov. and sp. nov. Holotype. a Detail from ventral view. b Detail of the basal part of secondary polyps, view from inferior part of the colony, notice different diameter of the polyps from outer to inner ventral part, and the existence of two pairs and a odd internal polyp. Paratype. c Detail from dorsal view. d Detail from ventral view. e Detail of the basal part of secondary polyps, view from inferior part of the colony, notice the existence of two pairs of secondary polyps of different diameters, and the presence of free spermatic cysts (as white spherical structuresarrowed) visible at the interior of the tentacles cavities

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