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Locality |
Sagami Bay south of the Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture, 500 fathoms (i.e., ca. 900 m).
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Label
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“巌戸掛の外, 500尋, together with Rhabdocalyptus victor (no. 404)”.
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Remarks |
Colony: one colony.
The meaning of “巌戸掛の外” is “outside of the Iwado-line” which is a fishermen’s expression used to pinpoint a fishing ground. The “Iwado-line” is a line extending from Fujiyama Mountain (a rather low but certain landmark located south of Yokosuka city, Kanagawa Prefecture, with the older name of Togeyama Mountain) in the direction of Iwadoyama Mountain, the southern part of Miura city in the same prefecture. Rhabdocalyptus victor is a sponge, called “Tsurigane-kaimen” in Japanese.
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