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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-5

Scientific Name Nephthea junipera Thomson et Dean

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Nephtheidae


Genus Nephthea


Species junipera


Subspecies


Auther Thomson et Dean


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

Date 12 April 1901.

Collector Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri & Iwaji Ikeda.

Label
Information
“Nephthea junipera, Thomson & Dean, Itoman, Okinawa Is., 1901 (H. Utinomi det.)”; “産地 沖縄糸満キャム岬, モグリ, 箕作, 池田, 採集 明治34年4月12日”.

Remarks Colony: one colony.
This specimen agrees well with N. junipera in the Stereonephthya-like appearance and considerable stinging armature of the polyps.