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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-24

Scientific Name Stereonephthya sp.

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Nephtheidae


Genus Stereonephthya


Species sp.


Subspecies


Auther


Locality Kagoshima Prefecture, Teuchi, Shimokoshiki Island.

Date 22 July 1899.

Collector Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label
Information
“産地 下コシキ 手打, 明治32年7月22日採集 宮嶋”.

Remarks Colony: two colonies.
The color of these specimens closely resembles that of Stereonephtha osimaensis Utinomi, but the construction of the anthocodial armature is quite different. These specimens had been stored in formalin.