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UMUTZ- Cnid-P-62

Scientific Name Kophobelemnon stelliferum O. F. Müller

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Pennatulacea


Suborder Sessiliflorae


Family Kophobelemnidae


Genus Kophobelemnon


Species stelliferum


Subspecies


Auther O. F. Müller


Locality Sagami Bay, inside Okinose Bank, 300-400 fathoms (i.e., 550-730 m) .

Date January, 1890.

Collector Kumakichi Aoki.

Reference Thomson & Rennet, 1927: 122.

Label
Information
“Kophobelemnon stelliferum O. F. Müller”; “Loc. Inside Okinose by Ena-line, 300-400 faths., Date. Jan 1890. coll. Aoki”.

Remarks Colony: three colonies.
“Okinose” in the label is a shallow bank located about 20 km south of the Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture. ”Ena-line” is a fishermen’s expression used to pinpoint a fishing ground. It is a line extending from Fujiyama Mountain (a rather low but certain landmark located south of Yokosuka city, Kanagawa Prefecture, and the older name of Togeyama Mountain) in the direction of Ena, a place in the south eastern part of Miura city, Kanagawa Prefecture.