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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-29

Scientific Name Dendronephthya (D.) cf. tuberculata Utinomi

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Nephtheidae


Genus Dendronephthya


Subgenus (Dendronephthya)


Species cf. tuberculata


Subspecies


Auther Utinomi


Locality Sagami Bay, Misaki, Miura city, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Label
Information
“Dendronephthya (Spongodes), Alcyonacea, 三崎”.

Remarks Colony: one fragment.
The growth form of this specimen is more or less umbellate. The color is somewhat different from that stated in the original description. The anthocodial armature consists of light red to pink sclerites, and the sclerites of the supporting bundle are very pale pink, whereas the former were reddish orange and the latter orange-yellow in the specimen described by Utinomi (1952).