dc:description"FIGURES 6 – 11. Scrupocellaria reptans (Linnaeus, 1758), type specimens on Linnaeus herbarium sheet n. 1248.31. 6 – 8, lectotype specimen, LSL no. 1248.31. I: 6, frontal view of branches; 7, basal view of branches, with hooked rhizoids; 8, closeup of an axial zooid at a bifurcation, a large frontal avicularium on the right-hand branch. 9 – 11, paralectotypes: 9, close-up of one axial zooid and two ovicelled zooids in paralectotype n. 1248.32. T; 10, close-up of basal surface of paralectotype no. 1248.32. D; 11, close-up of rhizoid with regularly spaced hooks in paralectotype no. 1248.32. H.";
dc:description"FIGURES 2 – 5. Different shapes of rhizoids found in Scrupocellaria. 2, closely spaced hooks in rhizoids of Scrupocellaria reptans (Linnaeus, 1758) from Great Britain (NHMUK 1963.3.6.35); 3, well-spaced hooks in rhizoids of Scrupocellaria sp. from Red Sea (NHMUK 1928.3.6.177); 4, smooth-surfaced rhizoids of Scrupocellaria ellisi n. sp. from Scotland (NHMUK 1963.3.6.7 a part); 5, annulated surface of rhizoid in Scrupocellaria cyclostoma Busk, 1852 from Australia (NHMUK 1899.6.1.240).";
dc:description"FIGURES 12 – 17. SEM of Scrupocellaria reptans (Linnaeus, 1758), NHMUK 1963.3. 6.35. 12 – 15, frontal surface: 12, part of colony; 13, close-up of branch bifurcation, with several frontal avicularia; 14, close-up of axial zooid with frontal avicularium; 15, frontal avicularium in lateral view. 16 – 17, basal surface: 16, part of colony; 17, branches with hooked rhizoids.";
dc:description"FIGURES 24 – 27. Comparison between Scrupocellaria reptans (Linnaeus, 1758) (NHMUK 1963.3.6.35) and Scrupocellaria ellisi n. sp. (NHMUK 1963.3.6.7 a). 24 – 25, Close-up of frontal avicularia, of similar size in young colonies of both species, but with a taller base in S. reptans (24) than found in S. ellisi (25); 26 – 27, frontal surface of zooids, showing the slightly slenderer and more angled scutum in S. reptans (26) than in most proximal zooids of S. ellisi (27); note the differences in avicularium size and the number of distal tines in the scuta of both species.";
dc:description"FIGURES 18 – 23. SEM of Scrupocellaria ellisi n. sp. 18 – 22, NHMUK 1911.10. 1.353, from Shetland, U. K.: 18, part of colony; 19, close-up of branch, with three frontal avicularia in lateral view; 20, bifurcation and ovicelled zooids; 21, close-up of axial zooid with frontal avicularium; 22, basal surface at a bifurcation. 23, colony from Scotland (NHMUK 1963.3.6.7 a), showing smooth-surfaced rhizoids with distal attachment discs.";
