| Main Ref. | Peña Cantero, A.L., A. Svoboda and W. Vervoort, 2002 |
| Appearance refers to |
| specialized organs | |
| different appearance | |
| different colors | |
| remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Diagnosis | Two fragments, larger 1 cm high, basally with a few stolons, probably indicating polysiphony in colony. Main fragment with 40 hydrothecae and giving rise to two secondary branches provided with five and 12 hydrothecae. Both second-order branches separated by ten hydrothecae and originating laterally at hydrothecal base on the same side of main fragment, though branches probably having spiral arrangement. Hydrothecae alternately arranged in one plane, set close together; hydrothecal distal part almost reaching basal part of following hydrotheca and approximately middle of adcauline wall of alternate hydrotheca. Branch internodes sometimes indistinct. Hydrotheca almost cylindrical and adnate to internode for approximately two thirds of its adcauline length. Free portion of adcauline hydrothecal wall straight or slightly convex. Abcauline hydrothecal wall straight or with a slight basal swelling. Hydrothecal aperture directed upwards and provided with three blunt cusps separated by deep embayments. |
| Ease of Identification | likely to be confused with closely related species. |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| spines | |
| soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| spines | |
| soft-rays |