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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-120

Scientific Name Sarcophyton sp. 3

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Alcyoniidae


Genus Sarcophyton


Species sp. 3


Subspecies


Auther


Locality Okinawa Prefecture, Inanze Bank, off Naha city.

Date 18 April 1901.

Collector Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri and Iwaji Ikeda.

Label
Information
“産地 沖縄ナハ沖イナンゼ, 明治34年4月12日 採集 箕作, 池田”; “#5, agariciform”.

Remarks Colony: one colony.
It seems that this specimen was examined by F. M. Bayer, because the second label is an official label of the Smithsonian Institution.