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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-33

Scientific Name Dendronephthya (Morchellana) acaulis Kukenthal

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Nephtheidae


Genus Dendronephthya


Subgenus (Morchellana)


Species acaulis


Subspecies


Auther Kukenthal


Locality Sagami Bay, Dôketsuba (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-91), 100 fathoms (i.e., ca. 180 m).

Date 9 August 1897.

Collector Kumakichi Aoki.

Label
Information
“産地 同穴場 (100尋), 明治30年8月9日採集 熊吉”.

Remarks Colony: two colonies.