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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-42

Scientific Name Dendronephthya (D.) cf. gigantea (Verrill)

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Nephtheidae


Genus Dendronephthya


Subgenus (Dendronephthya)


Species cf. gigantea


Subspecies


Auther (Verrill)


Locality Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date June, 1908.

Collector Kumao Kinoshita.

Label
Information
“Ushibuka, Amakusa, 1908 Juni, Kinoshita leg., durch Taucher”.

Remarks Colony: two colonies.
It was difficult to examine this specimen critically to determine the anthocodial formula, because almost of all the polyps were somewhat disintegrated and covered with thick slime.