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UMUTZ- Cnid-P-3

Scientific Name Chunella indica (Thomson & Henderson)

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Pennatulacea


Suborder Sessiliflorae


Family Chunellidae


Genus Chunella


Species indica


Subspecies


Auther (Thomson & Henderson)


Locality Sagami Bay, Nakano-yodomi, 70-100 fathoms (i.e., ca. 130-180 m) according to the reference.

Date 2 April 1898.

Reference Thomson & Rennet, 1927: 126.

Label
Information
“Calibelemnon indicum Thomson & Henderson”; “Loc. Nakano Yodomi, ○○○○ [illegible], Date. Apr. 1898”.

Remarks Colony: two colonies.
“Nakano-yodomi” is a fishing ground located about 10 km west of the Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture. The depth at the locality was taken from the cited reference, although the label data themselves are very difficult to read.