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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-11

Scientific Name Dendronephthya (M.) sp. 1

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Nephtheidae


Genus Dendronephthya


Subgenus (Morchellana)


Species sp. 1


Subspecies


Auther


Locality Sagami Bay, about 2 km off Niijima.

Date 10 August 1903.

Collector Fishing trawler Ohnoura-maru.

Label
Information
“新嶋沖20町, ケタアミ, 明治36年8月10日, 大の浦丸”.

Remarks Colony: two colonies.
Both the sharpness of the polyps and the arrangement of the sclerites of the anthocodial armature closely resemble those of D. (M.) longicaulis (Kukenthal); however, the branching form of the colony is quite different.