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UMUTZ- Cnid-P-41

Scientific Name Pennatula aculeata Danielssen

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Pennatulacea


Suborder Subselliflorae


Family Pennatulidae


Genus Pennatula


Species aculeata


Subspecies


Auther Danielssen


Locality off Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, U.S.A, 200-300 fathoms (i.e., ca. 360-550 m).

Label
Information
“PENNATULA ACULEATA K&D, Pennatulacea, Alcyonaria, Off Martha’s Vineyard, Mass, 200-300 fms”.

Remarks Colony: two colonies.
This specimen had been stored in formalin.