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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-27

Scientific Name Chromonephthea cf. imaharai Ofwegen

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Nephtheidae


Genus Chromonephthea


Species cf. imaharai


Subspecies


Auther Ofwegen


Locality Sagami Bay, Okinose Bank (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-80), 100 fathoms (i.e., 183 m).

Date 13 August 1908.

Collector Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri & Kumakichi Aoki.

Label
Information
“産地 沖の瀬100ヒロ, 明治41年月13日, 採集 箕作, 熊”.

Remarks Colony: one colony.
The sclerites forming the anthocodial formula of this specimen seems to be somewhat more robust than the original description of this species indicates.