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UMUTZ- Cnid-P-66

Scientific Name Leioptilus fimbriata (Herklots)

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Cnidaria


Class Anthozoa


Subclass Octocorallia


Order Pennatulacea


Suborder Subselliflorae


Family Pennatulidae


Genus Leioptilus


Species fimbriata


Subspecies


Auther (Herklots)


Locality Sagami Bay, Gokeba, 150-200 fathoms (i.e., 170-370 m).

Date 18 June 1902.

Collector Kumakichi Aoki.

Reference Thomson & Rennet, 1927: 131-132.

Label
Information
“Pennatula sulcata Köll., Loc. Onigase, Gokeba, south west of Province Awa, 150-200 faths., Date 18 June 1902, Coll. Aoki”.

Remarks Colony: one colony.
“Onigase” is located about 3 km southwest of Mera, Tateyama city, Kanagawa Prefecture; the depth there is shallower than 60 m. “Gokeba” is located about 15 km southwest of Mera, and the depth there is greater than 100 m. This specimen had been stored in the same jar as UMUTZ-Cnid-P-43.