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43, text-fig. 1, pls 1, 2.
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Nos. 46-47 collected May,
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Little remains of the
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. The largest fragment, on a rock in No. 46, shows a narrow, unbranched tube with four zooids in series (
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). The ectocyst is without color and bears a distinct raphe. Nothing in the specimen suggests an elongated, stolon-like zooid. Floatoblasts are missing; however, photos of two floatoblast valves from
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are reproduced here in
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. The average dimensions cited by
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are 383 μm long and 222 μm wide. An intact sessoblast displays a broad annulus without reticulation or other markings (
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); sessoblast tubercles become smaller and more widely spaced towards the annulus.
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Kongo Central Province in
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<emphasis id="128BEAC4FFCD9B27FF6CF8E5046B473A" bold="true" box="[199,315,1887,1913]" pageId="11" pageNumber="592">Remarks.</emphasis>
The MRAC specimens reveals little useful information. The floatoblast photos provided by
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also are limited since we cannot be certain whether the valves shown are dorsal or ventral. However, it is clear that the annulus extends far beyond the capsule (fig. 8c). As a result, the capsule length is only 56-63% of the total floatoblast length. In
<emphasis id="128BEAC4FFCD9B27FE6DF876065A47A6" box="[454,778,1995,2021]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="592">
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,
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</emphasis>
, and most other plumatellids that value is around 80% or more. In Africa it is lower only in
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<emphasis id="128BEAC4FFCA9B20FDBAFF2D07FC40F3" box="[529,684,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="593">P. emarginata</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="128BEAC4FFCA9B20FD4AFF2D06DC40F2" box="[737,908,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="593">P. bombayensis</emphasis>
Annnandale, 1908
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where is there a comparable disparity between the length of the whole floatoblast and that of the capsule. The wide sessoblast annulus (
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, fig. 3) and the apparent absence of a strong reticulation on the ventral floatoblast fenestra rule out
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<emphasis id="128BEAC4FFCA9B20FAB4FF65059F415F" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="593">P. bombayensis</emphasis>
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as the identity of Borgs species. For these reasons, I consider this specimen to be either a valid species or else it is
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.
</emphasis>
The question may be resolved with additional field work.
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