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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-3

Scientific Name Nephthea sp.

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Nephtheidae


Genus Nephthea


Species sp.


Subspecies


Auther


Locality Okinawa Prefecture, Kyan-misaki Cape, Itoman city.

Date 12 April 1901.

Collector Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri & Iwaji Ikeda.

Label
Information
“沖縄糸満キャム岬 モグリ, 明治34年4月12日, 箕作, 池田”.

Remarks Colony: two colonies.
The anthocodial armature of these specimens resembles that of N. chabrolii, but the supporting bundle is considerably more weakly developed than that of UMUTZ-Cnid-A-6.