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UMUTZ- Cnid-P-16

Scientific Name Virgularia sp. 1

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Pennatulacea


Suborder Subselliflorae


Family Virgulariidae


Genus Virgularia


Species sp. 1


Subspecies


Auther


Date 7 July 1914.

Label
Information
“50 % formalin, July 7 1914”.

Remarks Colony: 28 colonies.
The slightly reddish color of these specimens resembles that of V. rubra Hickson. The number of autozooids is 12 per polyp leaf, however, while the number in V. rubra is 6-8; furthermore, the present specimens have a siphonozooid in the proximal part of each autozooid.