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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-50

Scientific Name Siphonogorgia sp. 1

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Nidaliidae


Genus Siphonogorgia


Species sp. 1


Subspecies


Auther


Locality Kagoshima Prefecture, Shimo-tsukurase Island, about 20 km south of Takarajima Island, coral ground, 70 fathoms (i.e., ca. 130 m).

Date 13 July 1899.

Collector Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label
Information
“産地 鹿児島県下津倉瀬島 珊瑚場 70尋, 明治32年7月13日採集 宮嶋”.

Remarks Colony: two fragments.
With completely retracted polyps.