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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-91

Scientific Name Pseudocladochonus sp.

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Stolonifera


Family Pseudocladochonidae


Genus Pseudocladochonus


Species sp.


Subspecies


Auther


Locality Sagami Bay, near Dôketsuba, 170-180 fathoms (i.e., 300-330 m).

Date 12 August, 1895.

Collector Kumakichi Aoki.

Label
Information
“Pseudocladochonus sp. 170-180 hiro, near Dôketsuba, Kuma, 12-8-95”.

Remarks Colony: eight colonies.
“Dôketsuba” is the name of a fhishing ground located west of Hôjô, Tateyama city, Chiba Prefecture. These colonies are covered with a thin sponge.