Large, cylindrical digits meandering and joining over surface (in coral cove). |
Greenish-mauve-brown or greenish olive alive, |
Small, evenly distributed, lateral sides of branches. |
Firm, flexible, slightly sticky. |
Smooth, slightly rugose, even surface. |
Wide-meshed multispicular tracts, moderately light collagen in mesohyl. |
Tufts of microxeas protruding, arising from ends of secondary skeletal tracts. |
Large oxeas (or strongyles)/strongyloxeas with variable ends (180-320 x 9-14 um), Small oxeas (80 x 4 um). |
Small oxeas or strongyloxes (25-85 x 7-10 um), sausage shaped. |