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 III: Suborder Holaxonia continued, and suborder Calcaxonia

Thesea spp., SBMNH 265941, light microscopy array. A 4× magnification, showing dense sclerites as typical “football (arrow),” a key characteristic of the genus B Same specimen, SBMNH 265941, 10× magnification C One additional array, 10× magnification; shows distinctly dense warting of “typical” sclerite. Sclerites in C extracted from specimen T0-61, provided by research/survey staff, Los Angeles County Sanitation District.