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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-19

Scientific Name Stereonephthya cf. japonica Utinomi

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Nephtheidae


Genus Stereonephthya


Species cf. japonica


Subspecies


Auther Utinomi


Locality Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date June, 1908.

Collector Kumao Kinoshita.

Label
Information
“Ushibuka, Amakusa, Juni 1908, Kinoshita leg., durch Taucher”.

Remarks Colony: one colony.
The construction of the anthocodial armature of this specimen closely resembles that of S. japonica; however, the color of the branches and the lower part of the polyp stalks is pink.