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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-75

Scientific Name Anthomastus sp. 2

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Alcyoniidae


Genus Anthomastus


Species sp. 2


Subspecies


Auther


Locality Sagami Bay, 300-350 fathoms (i.e., 550-640 m).

Date 26 January 1896.

Collector Golden Hind Expedition.

Label
Information
“Golden Hind Expedition, Sta. 44, 300-350 fms., Jan. 26, 1896”; “Anthomasthus sp. det. F. M. B., Smithsonian Institution”.

Remarks Colony: two colonies.
The second label is an original label of the Smithsonian Institution. It seems that these specimens were examined by F. M. Bayer. The “Golden Hind Expedition” was conducted by Alan Owston’s aboard his yacht “Golden Hind”.