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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-38

Scientific Name Dendronephthya (R.) cf. divaricata (Gray)

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Nephtheidae


Genus Dendronephthya


Subgenus (Roxasia)


Species cf. divaricata


Subspecies


Auther (Gray)


Locality Sagami Bay, about 2 km off Niijima Island.

Date 10 August 1903

Collector Fishing trawler Ohnoura-maru.

Label
Information
“No.146, 新島沖20町, 8月10日36年, 大ノ浦丸”; “Alcyonacea sp.”.

Remarks Colony: two colonies.
The anthocodial formula of these specimens was not determined in this study.