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UMUTZ- Cnid-P-45-2

Scientific Name Pennatula murrayi Kölliker

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Pennatulacea


Suborder Subselliflorae


Family Pennatulidae


Genus Pennatula


Species murrayi


Subspecies


Auther Kölliker


Locality ? Sagami Bay about 5 km west of the Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture, 80-130 fathoms (i.e., ca. 150-240 m).

Date ? 9 August 1895.

Collector ? Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri and Kumakichi Aoki.

Reference Thomson & Rennet, 1927: 133-134.

Label
Information
“Name. Pennatula murrayi, Loc. about 2 miles west of Misaki Marine Laboratory, 60 faths., Date 2 Apr. 1899, Coll. Owston (O. C. 5452)”, “Loc: Kozuka-line, 80-130 faths., Date 9 Aug. 1895, Coll. Prof. Mitsukuri and Aoki”.

Remarks Colony: four fragments belonging to two colonies.
There are two labels in the jar, presenting the above-mentioned, quite different information. “Kozuka-line” is a fishermen’s expression used to pinpoint a fishing ground (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-P-24).