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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-60

Scientific Name Gersemia cf. rubiformis (Ehrenberg)

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Nephtheidae


Genus Gersemia


Species cf. rubiformis


Subspecies


Auther (Ehrenberg)


Locality Eastport, Maine, U.S.A.

Label
Information
“Alcyonium carneum Sp., Eastport Me. ○○○ [illegible]”.

Remarks Colony: one colony.
The latter half of the label was extremely hard to read. Alcyonium carneum Verrill is a junior synonym of Gersemia rubiformis, according to Utinomi (1961). This specimen had been stored in formalin, and also had once dried out.