Muricea fruticosa, SBMNH 265945, light microscopy arrays. A 4× magnification, showing large spindles with pronounced conical spinules; central, vertically aligned one, measures 650 µm B 10× magnification of similar large spindles. Sclerite denoted by arrow is 0.875 mm in length, with a maximum length for this spindle form ~1.0 mm.

 
 
  Part of: Horvath EA (2019) A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae. ZooKeys 860: 67-182. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.33597