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UMUTZ- Cnid-P-18

Scientific Name Halipteris willemoesi (Kölliker)

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Pennatulacea


Suborder Subselliflorae


Family Halipteridae


Genus Halipteris


Species willemoesi


Subspecies


Auther (Kölliker)


Locality Sagami Bay, Merase, 400 fathoms (i.e., ca. 730 m).

Date 7 April 1896.

Collector Kumakichi Aoki.

Reference Thomson & Rennet, 1927: 129-131.

Label
Information
“Balticina willemoesi”; “Loc. Merase, south of Prov. Awa, ca. 400 faths. Date. 7 April ‘96, Coll. Aoki”; “Scytalium tentaculatum”.

Remarks Colony: many fragments probably belonging to one colony.
“Merase” is a fishing ground located about 8 km southwest of Mera, Tateyama city, Chiba Prefecture. These specimens had been stored in formalin.