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UMUTZ- Cnid-A-122

Scientific Name Sarcophyton cf. glaucum (Quoy et Gaimard)

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Alcyonacea


Suborder Alcyoniina


Family Alcyoniidae


Genus Sarcophyton


Species cf. glaucum


Subspecies


Auther (Quoy et Gaimard)


Locality Kagoshima Prefecture, probably Makurazaki city, 5 fathoms (i.e., ca. 10 m).

Date 7 August 1899.

Collector Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label
Information
“産地 鹿児島県下枕崎, 5尋, 明治32年8月7日 採集 宮島”.

Remarks Colony: five colonies.
I could not confirm the precise location of “Shimomakurazaki (下枕崎)”. This specimen had been stored in the same jar as UMUTZ-Cnid-A-63.