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Catalogue of alcyonacean specimens preserved in the Department of Zoology, the University Museum, the University of Tokyo

Yukimitsu Imahara

Wakayama Laboratory, Biological Institute on Kuroshio (Kuroshio Biological Research Foundation), 300-11 Kire, Wakayama, 640-0351 Japan

Taxonomic List

Phylum Cnidaria 刺胞動物門

Class Anthozoa 花虫綱

Subclass Octocorallia 八放サンゴ亜綱

Order Alcyonacea ウミトサカ目

Suborder Stolonifera ウミヅタ亜目

Family Cornulariidae ハナゴケ科

Cornularia sp. ハナゴケ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-96; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay south of the Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture, 500 fathoms (i.e., ca. 900 m).

Label data: "巌戸掛の外, 500尋, together with Rhabdocalyptus victor (no. 404)".

Remarks: The meaning of "巌戸掛の外" is "outside of the Iwado-line" which is a fishermen's expression used to pinpoint a fishing ground. The "Iwado-line" is a line extending from Fujiyama Mountain (a rather low but certain landmark located south of Yokosuka city, Kanagawa Prefecture, with the older name of Togeyama Mountain) in the direction of Iwadoyama Mountain, the southern part of Miura city in the same prefecture. Rhabdocalyptus victor is a sponge, called "Tsurigane-kaimen" in Japanese.


Family Clavulariidae ウミヅタ科

Clavularia inflata Schenk ツツウミヅタ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-93; one colony.

Locality: Federated States of Micronesia, Pohnpei Island.

Label data: "Clavularia inflata Schenk, Ponape, date unknown, (H. Utinomi det.)".

Reference: Utinomi, 1956: 223.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-106; many fragments probably belonging to one colony.

Locality: Naha city, Okinawa Prefecture.

Date: 8 May 1900.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 那覇 (琉球), 明治33年5月8日 採集 宮嶋".


Clavularia mikado Utinomi ウミヅタ属の一種 (和名未定種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-94; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Misaki, Miura city, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Label data: "Misaki".


Pachyclavularia violacea (Quoy et Gaimard) ムラサキハナヅタ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-92; three fragments.

Locality: Bonin Islands, Chichijima Island.

Date: March, 1894.

Collectors: Sadamori Hirota and Ryotaro Sekiguchi.

Label data: "Pachyclavularia erecta Roule, Ogasawara Is., III 1894 (H. Utinomi det.)".

Reference: Utinomi, 1956: 223.

Remarks: Precise information concerning the locality, date, and collector's name are cited from the reference, even though the month of collection differs from that on the original label. P. erecta Roule is a junior synonym of Pachyclavularia violacea according to Utinomi (1956). These specimens had been stored in formalin.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-97; three fragments.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Kyan-misaki Cape, Itoman city.

Date: 12 April 1901.

Collectors: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri and Iwaji Ikeda.

Label data: "沖縄糸満キャム岬, 明治34年4月12日, 箕作, 池田 モグリ".


Family Tubiporidae クダサンゴ科

Tubipora musica Linnaeus クダサンゴ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-83; one fragment.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, coral reef of Ohmine, Naha city.

Date: 9 April 1901.

Collectors: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri and Iwaji Ikeda.

Label data: "産地 沖縄大峰 coral reef, 明治34年4月9日 採集 箕作, 池田".

Remarks: The locality name Ohmine (大峰) is probably written in Japanese as 大嶺 now.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-84; two fragments.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Kubajima Island in Senkaku Islands.

Date: 16 May 1900.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 黄尾嶋, 明治33年5月16日採集 宮嶋".

Remarks: Koubijima Island (黄尾嶋) is called Kubajima Island (久場島) now.


Family Telestidae

Paratelesto rosea (Kinoshita) ベニコエダ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-85; five fragments.

Locality: Kochi Prefecture, coral ground off Kashiwajima Island, 80 fathoms (i.e., ca. 150 m).

Date: June, 1909.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "柏島"; "Coral ground off Kashiwajima, 80 fath, June 1909, coll. Kinoshita, det. Kinoshita"; "Telesto rosea Kinoshita, Coral ground, off Kashiwajima, 80 faths, Juni 1909 coll. Kinoshita".

Reference: Utinomi, 1958: 93-95.


Telesto tubulosa Kinoshita クダコエダ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-86; one colony.

Locality: North of Okinawa Island, 28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64 fathoms (i.e., ca. 120 m).

Date: June, 1913.

Collector: Naokatsu Yanagi.

Label data: "Telesto tubulosa Kinoshita, 28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64 fath., 191○ [last digit illegible] VI, Yanaghi coll. (H. Utinomi det.)"; "VI 1913 by N. Yanagi, det. F. M. Bayer".

Reference: Utinomi, 1958: 91-93.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-103; three colonies connecting with a stolon.

Type status: Holotype.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, Kamise, off Yamakawa fishery port, Ibusuki city, 70 fathoms (i.e., ca. 130 m).

Date: 8 April 1896.

Collectors: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri and Juta Hara.

Label data: "Telestidae, Type sp. Telesto tubulosa Kinoshita, Kagoshima Bay, 70 fathoms, off Yamakawa, coll. Mitsukuri and Hara, 8. Apr. 1896, with Nobenawa wire"; "産地 山川沖延縄(神瀬), 明治29年4月8日 採集 箕作, 原".

References: Kinoshita, 1909: 114-117; Utinomi, 1958: 91-93.

Remarks: It seems that Kinoshita (1909) figured the largest colony.


Family Pseudocladochonidae ハナノエダ科

Pseudocladochonus hicksoni Versluys ハナノエダ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-87; 12 fragments.

Locality: North of Okinawa Island, 28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64 fathoms (i.e., ca. 120 m).

Date: June, 1913.

Collector: Naokatsu Yanagi.

Label data: "28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64 fath, 1913 VI, Yanaghi coll. (H. Utinomi det.), Pseudocladoconus hicksoni Versluy"; "Pseudocladochonus sp. det. F. M. Bayer".

Reference: Utinomi, 1964: 243.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-88; one colony.

Locality: Probably Kagoshima Prefecture, coral ground off Tsukurase Island, west of Nomaike.

Date: August, 1899.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "Telestidae, Pseudocladochonus hicksoni Versluys, Station Coral ground off Chikura, Date, Aug. 1899, coll. Miyajima".

Reference: Kinoshita, 1909: 121-122.

Remarks: Both Chikura, the locality name on the label, and Chikura Island, the locality name in the reference, seem to be an error for Tsukurase Island, because one of the coral grounds of Kagoshima Prefecture is located off Tsukurase Island according to Kitahara (1904). Furthermore Siphonogorgia sp. (UMUTZ-Cnid-A-50) was collected from near Tsukurase Island (津倉瀬島) by the same collector on 13 July 1899. This label is an official label of the Albatross Expedition.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-89; seven fragments.

Locality: Sagami Bay, off Niijima Island.

Date: 10 August 1893.

Collector: Sadamori Hirota.

Label data: "PSEUDOCLADOCHONUS HICKSONI Versluys, Alcyonacea, Alcyonaria, off Niijima, 10 VIII, 1893".

References: Kinoshita, 1909: 121-122; Utinomi, 1964: 243.

Remarks: The collector's name was cited by Kinoshita (1909).

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-90; over 20 fragments.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, coral ground off Uji Islands, 80 to 90 fathoms (i.e., 146 to 165 m).

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "宇治島, 珊瑚場, 80尋, 明治41年6月, 木下"; "Telestidae, Pseudocladochonus hicksoni Versluys, Station, coral ground off Ujishima, depth, 80-90 fathoms, Date, June 1908, coll. Kinoshita".

References: Kinoshita, 1909: 121-122; Utinomi, 1964: 243.

Remarks: The second label is an original label of the Albatross Expedition.



Pseudocladochonus sp. ハナノエダ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-91; eight colonies.

Locality: Sagami Bay, near Doketsuba, 170-180 fathoms (i.e., 300-330 m).

Date: 12 August, 1895.

Collector: Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "Pseudocladochonus sp. 170-180 hiro, near Doketsuba, Kuma, 12-8-95".

Remarks: "Doketsuba" is the name of a fhishing ground located west of Hojo, Tateyama city, Chiba Prefecture. These colonies are covered with a thin sponge.


Suborder Alcyoniina ウミトサカ亜目

Family Xeniidae ウミアザミ科

Xenia cf. elongata Dana ミナミウミアザミ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-79; several colonies connecting by a common base.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Kyan-misaki Cape, Itoman city.

Date: 12 April 1901.

Collector: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri and Iwaji Ikeda.

Label data: "産地 沖縄糸満キャム岬, モグリ, 明治34年4月12日 採集 箕作, 池田".


Xenia cf. mayi Roxas コフキウミアザミ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-76; one colony.

Locality: Philippines, Marongan, Jolo.

Date: June, 1909.

Label data: "Marongan, Jolo, June 1909, P. I."

Remarks: The country name was cited on the basis of the label of another specimen (Nephthea cf. elongata Kukenthal UMUTZ-Cnid-A-4; q.v.). This specimen had been stored in formalin.


Xenia sp. 1 ウミアザミ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-78; several colonies.

Locality: Philippines, Marongan, Jolo.

Date: June, 1909.

Label data: "Marongan, Jolo, June 1909, P. I."

Remarks: The country name was inferred on the same basis as that of the above specimen.


Xenia sp. 2 ウミアザミ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-99; three colonies.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Naha city.

Date: 18 April 1900.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 沖縄那覇, 明治33年4月18日 採集 宮嶋".

Remarks: These specimens have almost completely disintegrated.


Gen. sp. ウミアザミ科の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-80; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Okinose Bank, 300 fathoms (i.e., ca. 550 m).

Date: April, 1905.

Collector: Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "産地 オキノセ 300尋, 明治38年4月, 採集 熊".

Remarks: "Okinose Bank" is located about 20 km south of the Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture. This specimen seems to belong to the family Xeniidae on account of its being covered with rather large, cylindrical, non-retractile polyps, and there are no sclerites. The specimen has more or less disintegrated.


Family Alcyoniidae ウミトサカ科

Alcyonium cf. palmatum Pallas ウミトサカ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-47; one colony.

Label data: None.

Remarks: Probably Mediterranean specimen.


Anthomastus sp. 1 ウミテングタケ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-74; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Okinose Bank, about 350 fathoms (i.e., ca. 650 m).

Date: March, 1894.

Collector: Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "ANTHOMASTUS sp. Alcyonacea, Alcyonaria, Okinose, ca. 350 hiro, Mar 1894, 熊吉".

Remarks: This specimen resembles A. fisheri Bayer in the appearance. Concerning Okinose Bank, see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-80.


Anthomastus sp. 2 ウミテングタケ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-75; two colonies.

Locality: Sagami Bay, 300-350 fathoms (i.e., 550-640 m).

Date: 26 January 1896.

Collector: Golden Hind Expedition.

Label data: "Golden Hind Expedition, Sta. 44, 300-350 fms., Jan. 26, 1896"; "Anthomasthus sp. det. F. M. B., Smithsonian Institution".

Remarks: The second label is an original label of the Smithsonian Institution. It seems that these specimens were examined by F. M. Bayer. The "Golden Hind Expedition" was conducted by Alan Owston's aboard his yacht "Golden Hind".

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-100; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Okinose Bank (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-80).

Date: November, 1895.

Collector: Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "Okinose, Uchibata, Bottom, Nov. 95, (Kuma)".


Cladiella sphaerophora (Klunzinger) タマノウトサカ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-68; two colonies.

Locality: Bonin Islands, Anijima Island.

Date: early April, 1894.

Collectors: Sadamori Hirota and Ryotaro Sekiguchi.

Label data: "小笠原兄島, 明治27年4月上旬, 弘田, 関口"; "Micropsicularia sphaerophora, Ogasawara Is., IV 1894, H. Utinomi det."; "Lobularia sp., #2, F. M. B.".

Reference: Utinomi, 1956: 226-227.

Remarks: It seems that these specimens were first examined by F. M. Bayer of the Smithsonian Institution and then by Huzio Utinomi of Kyoto University.





Cladiella sp. ノウトサカ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-69; one colony.

Locality: Bonin Islands, Chichijima Island.

Date: April, 1894.

Collectors: Sadamori Hirota and Ryotaro Sekiguchi.

Label data: "小笠原父島, 明治27年4月, 弘田, 関口"; "Lobularia sp., #3, F. M. B.".

Remarks: It seems that this specimen was also examined by F. M. Bayer of the Smithsonian Institution. This specimen had been stored in formalin.


Eleutherobia dofleini Kukenthal エダウミイチゴ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-49; eight colonies.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Nakano-yodomi, 100 fathoms (i.e., ca. 180 m).

Date: 14 August 1900.

Label data: "Nidalia, Alcyoniidae"; "産地 中ノヨドミ, ヤハギ掛, 100尋, 明治33年8月14日.".

Remarks: "Nakano-yodomi" is located about 15 km west of the Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture. The meaning of "ヤハギ掛" is "Yahagi-line" which is a fishermen's expression used to pinpoint a fishing ground. The "Yahagi-line" is a line extending from Fujiyama Mountain (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-96) in the direction of Yahagi in the western part of Miura city, Kanagawa Prefecture.


Eleutherobia cf. dofleini Kukenthal エダウミイチゴ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-45; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Kuroba, 178 fathoms (i.e., ca. 330 m).

Date: 12 August 1895.

Collector: Prof. Isao Ijima.

Label data: "Alcyonacea"; "黒場 178尋, 12/8/95, 飯島".

Remarks: "Kuroba (黒場)" is probably the name of a fishing ground, but I could not confirm the locality. If "Kuroba" is another name for "Kurose Bank", the later is located about 150 km south of Sagami Bay (about 30 km north of Hachijo-jima Island.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-70; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Jogashima, Miura city, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Date: 16 (or 20) August 1897.

Label data: "Jogashima, near Misaki collected by diver, 明治30年8月16,20日".

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-73; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, off Niijima Island.

Date: 10 August 1893.

Collector: Sadamori Hirota, Ohnoura-maru.

Label data: "26年8月10日, 新島沖, 大の浦丸, 弘田, sp. No. 136".

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-105; one colony.

Locality: North of Okinawa Island, 28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64 fathoms (i.e., ca. 120 m).

Date: 22 June 1913.

Collector: Naokatsu Yanagi.

Label data: "28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64fath. 1913年6月22日, Trawl, N. Yanaghi".


Eleutherobia rigida Putter ボウウミイチゴ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-72; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Yokohama Port.

Date: June, 1923.

Label data: "横浜港, 4, 大正12年6月".


Eleutherobia aff. rigida Putter ボウウミイチゴ類似種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-98; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Gokeba, 150-200 fathoms (i.e., 280-370 m).

Date: 16 June 1902.

Collector: Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "産地 鬼ガセ ゴケバ, 150-200ヒロ, 明治35年6月16日 採集 熊".

Remarks: "鬼ガセ", transliterated as "Onigase" is located about 3 km southwest of Mera, Tateyama city, Kanagawa Prefecture, and its depth is shallower than 60 m. "ゴケバ", transliterated as "Gokeba" is located about 15 km southwest of Mera, and its depth is greater than 100 m.


Eleutherobia rubra Brundin ウミイチゴ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-44; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Misaki, Miura city, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Collector: Prof. Isao Ijima.

Label data: "Nidalia grandiflora Kukenthal, Alcyonacea, Alcyonaria, Misaki, Prof. 飯島".

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-71; two colonies.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Misaki, Miura city, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Collector: Prof. Isao Ijima.

Label data: "産地 ミサキ, 採集 飯島".


Eleutherobia cf. rubra Brundin ウミイチゴ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-46; one colony.

Locality: Probably Sagami Bay, 170 fathoms (i.e., ca. 310 m).

Date: 2 April 1895.

Collector: Prof. Isao Ijima.

Label data: "産地 St. 5, 170 f., 95年4月2日, 飯島".

Remarks: Prof. Ijima collected another species, Carotalcyon sagamianum (UMUTZ-Cnid-A-81), from "station 5" in Sagami Bay on the same day.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-101; one colony.

Locality: North of Okinawa Island, 28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64 fathoms (i.e., ca. 120 m).

Date: 22 June 1913.

Collector: Naokatsu Yanagi.

Label data: "28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64fath. 1913年6月22日, Trawl, N. Yanaghi".

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-113; one colony.

Date: 6 August 1894.

Label data: "Station 13, 6/VIII 94".

Remarks: This specimen had been stored in the same jar as UMUTZ-Cnid-A-36.


Klyxum sp. (和名未定属)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-118; one colony.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Kubajima Island, Senkaku Islands.

Date: 15 May 1900.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 黄尾島, 明治33年5月15日 採集 宮島".

Remarks: Koubijima Island (黄尾嶋) is now called Kubajima Island (久場島). This specimen had been stored in the same jar as UMUTZ-Cnid-A-55.


Lobophytum crebriplicatum (Marenzeller)

ウネタケ属の一種 (和名未定種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-61; three colonies.

Locality: Bonin Islands, Tsurihama, Chichijima Island.

Date: March, 1894.

Collectors: Sadamori Hirota and Ryotaro Sekiguchi.

Label data: "Lobophytum crebriplicatum (Marenzeller), Ogasawara Is., III 1894, (H. Utinomi det.)"; "小笠原父島ツリハマ, 明治27年3月, 弘田, 関口".

Reference: Utinomi, 1956: 231.


Lobophytum sp. 1 ウネタケ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-58; two colonies.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Inanze Bank off Naha city.

Date: 18 April 1901.

Collectors: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri and Iwaji Iwata.

Label data: "沖縄ナハ沖イナンゼ, 明治34年4月18日, 箕作, 池田"; "#4 digitata".

Remarks: It seems that these specimens were examined by F. M. Bayer, because the second label is an official label of the U. S. National Museum.


Lobophytum sp. 2 ウネタケ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-59; one colony.

Locality: Bonin Islands, Chichijima Island.

Date: February, 1894.

Collectors: Sadamori Hirota and Ryotaro Sekiguchi.

Label data: "LOBOPHYTUM sp., Alcyonacea, Alcyonaria, 小笠原父島, II' 94, 弘田, 関口".


Lobophytum sp. 3 ウネタケ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-63; one colony.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, probably Makurazaki city, 5 fathoms (i.e., ca. 10 m).

Date: 7 August 1899.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 鹿児島県下枕崎 5尋, 明治32年8月7日 採集 宮嶋".

Remarks: I could not confirm the precise location of "Shimomakurazaki (下枕崎)".

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-64; three pieces of one colony.

Locality: Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "Ushibuka, Amakusa, Juni 1908, Kinoshita leg., durch Taucher".


Sarcophyton cf. ehrenbergi Marenzeller コブウミキノコ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-62; two colonies.

Locality: Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "Ushibuka, Amakusa, Juni 1908, Kinoshita leg. Durch Taucher".


Sarcophyton cf. glaucum (Quoy et Gaimard) オオウミキノコ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-67; five colonies.

Locality: Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "Ushibuka, Amakusa, Juni 1908, Kinoshita leg. Durch Taucher".

Remarks: These specimens had been stored in formalin.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-121; one colony.

Locality: Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "Ushibuka, Amakusa, Juni 1908, Kinoshita leg. Durch Taucher".

Remarks: This specimen had been stored in the same jar as A-62, in formalin.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-122; five colonies.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, probably Makurazaki city, 5 fathoms (i.e., ca. 10 m).

Date: 7 August 1899.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 鹿児島県下枕崎, 5尋, 明治32年8月7日 採集 宮島".

Remarks: I could not confirm the precise location of "Shimomakurazaki (下枕崎)". This specimen had been stored in the same jar as UMUTZ-Cnid-A-63.


Sarcophyton cf. trocheliophorum Marenzeller

ヒダベリウミキノコ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-123; two colonies.

Locality: Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "Ushibuka, Amakusa, Juni 1908, Kinoshita leg. Durch Taucher".


Sarcophyton sp. 1 ウミキノコ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-65; two pieces of one colony.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, probably Makurazaki city.

Date: 7 August 1899.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 鹿児島県下枕崎モグリ, 明治32年8月7日採集 宮嶋"; "spicules damaged by Formal".

Remarks: I could not confirm the precise location of "Shimomakurazaki (下枕崎)". It seems that these specimens were examined by F. M. Bayer, because the second label is an official label of the U. S. National Museum.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-66; two colonies.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Kyan-misaki Cape, Itoman city.

Date: 12 April 1901.

Collectors: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri and Iwaji Iwata.

Label data: "沖縄糸満キャム岬, モグリ, 明治34年4月12日, 箕作, 池田"; "#1-FMB".

Remarks: The second label is an official label of U. S. National Museum. FMB are the initials of F. M. Bayer.


Sarcophyton sp. 2 ウミキノコ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-119; one colony.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Kyan-misaki Cape, Itoman city.

Date: 12 April 1901.

Collectors: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri and Iwaji Ikeda.

Label data: "産地 沖縄糸満, 明治34年4月12日, 箕作, 池田".

Remarks: This specimen had been stored in the same jar as UMUTZ-Cnid-A-56, in formalin.


Sarcophyton sp. 3 ウミキノコ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-120; one colony.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Inanze Bank, off Naha city.

Date: 18 April 1901.

Collectors: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri and Iwaji Ikeda.

Label data: "産地 沖縄ナハ沖イナンゼ, 明治34年4月12日 採集 箕作, 池田"; "#5, agariciform".

Remarks: It seems that this specimen was examined by F. M. Bayer, because the second label is an official label of the Smithsonian Institution.


Sinularia sp. 1 カタトサカ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-54; one colony.

Locality: Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "Ushibuka, Amakusa, Juni 1908, Kinoshita leg., durch Taucher".


Sinularia sp. 2 カタトサカ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-55; two colonies.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Kubajima Island, Senkaku Islands.

Date: 15 May 1900.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 黄尾嶋, 明治33年5月15日採集 宮嶋".

Remarks: Koubijima Island (黄尾嶋) is now called Kubajima Island (久場島).


Sinularia sp. 3 カタトサカ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-56; one colony.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Kyan-misaki Cape, Itoman city.

Date: 12 April 1901.

Collector: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri and Iwaji Iwata.

Label data: "産地 沖縄糸満 キャム岬, 明治34年4月12日採集 箕作, 池田".

Remarks: This specimen had been stored in formalin.


Sinularia sp. 4 カタトサカ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-57; three colonies.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, probably Makurazaki city, 5 fathoms (i.e., ca. 10 m).

Date: 7 August 1899.

Collector: Probably Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 鹿児島県下枕崎, 5尋, 明治32年8月7日".

Remarks: I could not confirem the precise location of "Shimomakurazaki (下枕崎)". The collector's name was cited after the labels of other specimens such as Sarcophyton glaucum (UMUTZ-Cnid-A-122).


Family Nephtheidae チヂミトサカ科

Chromonephthea hirotai (Utinomi) (和名未定属の一種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-104; two large and several small fragments.

Type status: Holotype.

Locality: Sagami Bay, 1.5 miles (i.e., ca. 2.5 km) off Niijima Island.

Date: 10 August 1893.

Collector: Sadamori Hirota.

Label data: "Eunephthya hirotai Utinomi, Loc. 1.5 miles off Niisima, Date Aug. 10 1893, Coll. Sadamori Hirota, ident. H. Utinomi, TYPUS."; "新島沖20町, 明治二十六年, 大ノ浦丸".

References: Utinomi, 1951: 31-33; 1960: 22; Ofwegen, 2005: 111-114..

Remarks: The first label is an original label of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University. These fragments are all considerably disintegrated.


Chromonephthea cf. imaharai Ofwegen (和名未定属の一種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-27; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Okinose Bank (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-80), 100 fathoms (i.e., 183 m).

Date: 13 August 1908.

Collectors: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri & Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "産地 沖の瀬100ヒロ, 明治41年月13日, 採集 箕作, 熊".

Remarks: The sclerites forming the anthocodial formula of this specimen seems to be somewhat more robust than the original description of this species indicates.


Dendronephthya (D.) cf. gigantea (Verrill) オオトゲトサカ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-34; one colony.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, Teuchi, Shimokoshiki Island.

Date: 22 July 1899.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima

Label data: "産地 下コシキ手打, 明治32年7月22日 採集 ミヤジマ".

Remarks: The anthocodial formula of this specimen was not determined in this study. This specimen had been stored in formalin.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-35; one colony.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, Teuchi, Shimokoshiki Island.

Date: 22 July 1899.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima

Label data: "産地 下コシキ手打, 明治32年7月22日 採集 宮嶋".

Remarks: This specimen had been stored in formalin. Its anthocodial formula was not determined in this study.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-42; two colonies.

Locality: Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "Ushibuka, Amakusa, 1908 Juni, Kinoshita leg., durch Taucher".

Remarks: It was difficult to examine this specimen critically to determine the anthocodial formula, because almost of all the polyps were somewhat disintegrated and covered with thick slime.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-116; two colonies.

Locality: Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "Ushibuka, Amakusa, 1908 Juni, Kinoshita, durch Taucher".

Remarks: These specimens had been stored in the same jar as UMUTZ-Cnid-A-42.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-117; one colony.

Locality: Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "Ushibuka, Amakusa, 1908 June, Kinoshita leg. durch Taucher".

Remarks: This specimen had been stored in the same jar as UMUTZ-Cnid-A-42.


Dendronephthya (D.) kollikeri Kukenthal ケリカートゲトサカ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-37; one colony.

Locality: Republic of Palau.

Label data: "Dendronephthya koellikeri Kukenthal, Palau, date unknown (H. Utinomi det.)".

Reference: Utinomi, 1956: 233-235.


Dendronephthya (D.) cf. nipponica Utinomi アカトゲトサカ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-111; two fragments.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, Makurazaki city, 5 fathoms (i.e., ca. 10 m).

Date: 7 August 1900.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "サツマ 枕崎 5尋, 明治33年8月7日 採集 宮嶋".

Remarks: The growth form and anthocodial formula of these fragments closely resemble those of D. (D.) nipponica except for the color of the polyps, which here have yellowish orange to yellow sclerites, not blood-red ones as stated in the original description.


Dendronephthya (D.) cf. tuberculata Utinomi

トゲトサカ属の一種 (和名未定種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-29; one fragment.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Misaki, Miura city, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Label data: "Dendronephthya (Spongodes), Alcyonacea, 三崎".

Remarks: The growth form of this specimen is more or less umbellate. The color is somewhat different from that stated in the original description. The anthocodial armature consists of light red to pink sclerites, and the sclerites of the supporting bundle are very pale pink, whereas the former were reddish orange and the latter orange-yellow in the specimen described by Utinomi (1952).


Dendronephthya (Morchellana) acaulis Kukenthal

コデマリトゲトサカ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-33; two colonies.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Doketsuba (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-91), 100 fathoms (i.e., ca. 180 m).

Date: 9 August 1897.

Collector: Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "産地 同穴場 (100尋), 明治30年8月9日採集 熊吉".


Dendronephthya (M.) densa Kukenthal

トゲトサカ属の一種 (和名未定種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-32; one colony.

Locality: Mie Prefecture, shallow waters off Shima city near Ise city.

Date: January, 1892.

Label data: "115 Spongodes, Prov. Shima", "25年1月上旬, 伊勢ノ南志摩ノ浅海域動物○○○ [illegible]".

Remarks: This specimen is somewhat disintegrated.


Dendronephthya (M.) cf. filigrana Kukenthal

トゲトサカ属の一種 (和名未定種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-8; one colony.

Locality: Probably Sagami Bay, 92 fathoms (i.e., 168 m).

Date: 2 June 1905.

Collector: Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "Bashford Dean Collection, Loc. Station 1, 92 hiro, Date. 2 June 1905, Collector: Kuma".

Remarks: This species apparently belongs to the subgenus Morchellana based on its growth form; however, Tixier-Durivault & Prevorsek (1960) considered it to be a member of the subgenus Roxasia.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-13: one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Doketsuba (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-91), 180 fathoms (i.e., ca. 330 m).

Date: 12 August 1895.

Collector: Prof. Isao Ijima.

Label data: "同穴場, 180尋, 12/8/1895, 飯島".

Remarks: It was difficult to examine this specimen critically to determine the anthocodial formula, because it has suffered considerable disintegration.


Dendronephthya (M.) pectinata (Holm)

コンボウトゲトサカ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-12; four colonies.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Doketsuba (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-91), 130 fathoms (i.e., ca. 240 m).

Date: 9 August 1897.

Collector: Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "産地 同穴場, 130尋, 明治30年8月9日 採集 熊吉".

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-14; two colonies.

Locality: Probably Sagami Bay, 130 fathoms (i.e., ca. 240 m).

Collector: Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "産地 ○○○ [illegible] 130ヒロ ○○○○ [illegible] 熊吉".

Remarks: These specimens had been stored in formalin.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-36; one colony.

Date: 6 August 1894.

Label data: "Station 13, 6/VIII 94".

Remarks: The divaricate-like growth form of this specimen is likely due to its being young. This specimen had been stored in the same jar as UMUTZ-Cnid-A-112 and A-113.


Dendronephthya (M.) sp. 1 トゲトサカ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-11; two colonies.

Locality: Sagami Bay, about 2 km off Niijima.

Date: 10 August 1903.

Collector: Fishing trawler Ohnoura-maru.

Label data: "新嶋沖20町, ケタアミ, 明治36年8月10日, 大の浦丸".

Remarks: Both the sharpness of the polyps and the arrangement of the sclerites of the anthocodial armature closely resemble those of D. (M.) longicaulis (Kukenthal); however, the branching form of the colony is quite different.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-107; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, probably south of the Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture, 80 fathoms (i.e., ca. 150 m).

Date: 21 July 1913.

Collectors: Hikoshichiro Matsumoto and H. Chiba.

Label data: "Bishamon-gake, Kimuraippai, 80 hiro, 1913 VII 21, Coll. H. Matsumoto, H. Chiba".

Remarks: Probably a young colony. The meaning of "Bishamon-gake" is probably Bishamon-line, which is probably a line extending from Fujiyama Mountain (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-96) in the direction of Bishamon Bay located in the southern part of Miura city, Kanagawa Prefecture. I could not confirem the location of "Kimuraippai".

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-115; one fragment.

Locality: Sagami Bay, about 2 km off Niijima Island.

Date: 10 August 1893.

Collector: Fishing trawler Ohnoura-maru.

Label data: "Alcyoniidae sp"; "新島沖20町, 年8月10日 大の浦丸"; "新島西沖20町, 8月10日26年 ケタアミ, No. 145".

Remarks: There are a few very large spindles, more than 1.5 mm long, with rounded points. This specimen had been stored in the same jar as UMUTZ-Cnid-A-41.


Dendronephthya (M.) sp. 2 トゲトサカ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-40; two colonies.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Uraga Channel, Jirouzaemonba, 120 fathoms (i.e., ca. 220 m).

Date: 17 August 1900.

Collectors: Juta Hara and Moriwaki".

Label data: "産地 浦賀水道 次郎左衛門場 120尋, エナ掛け, 青山○○ [illegible], 明治33年8月17日採集 原, 森脇".

Remarks: The meaning of "エナ掛け"is "Ena-line". This is a line from Fujiyama Mountain (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-96) in the direction of Ena in the southeastern part of the Miura Peninsula. It seems that the collecting point lies south of the Miura Peninsula, although I could not confirm the precise location of "Jirozaemonba 次郎左衛門場". The anthocodial formula of these specimens was not determined in this study.


Dendronephthya (M.) sp. 3 トゲトサカ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-41; five fragments.

Locality: Sagami Bay, about 2 km off Niijima Island.

Date: 10 August 1893.

Collector: Fishing trawler Ohnoura-maru.

Label data: "Alcyoniidae sp"; "新島沖20町, 8月10日26年 大の浦丸"; "新島西沖20町, 8月10日, ケタアミ, No. 145".

Remarks: The anthocodial formula of these specimens was not determined in this study.


Dendronephthya (Roxasia) cf. candida (Putter)

トゲトサカ属の一種 (和名未定種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-30; two colonies.

Locality: North of Okinawa Island, 28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64 fathoms (i.e., ca. 120 m).

Date: 22 June 1913.

Collector: Naokatsu Yanagi.

Label data: "28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64 fath., June 22 1913, Trawl, N. Yanaghi".

Remarks: These specimens are relatively sparsely branched, and the sclerites entering into the anthocodial formula are more slender than those of previously described specimens.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-124; one colony.

Locality: North of Okinawa Island, 28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64 fathoms (i.e., ca. 120 m).

Date: 22 June 1913.

Collector: Naokatsu Yanagi.

Label data: "28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64 fath., June 22 1913, Trawl, N. Yanaghi".

Remarks: This specimen had been stored in the same jar as UMUTZ-Cnid-A-30.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-125; one colony.

Locality: North of Okinawa Island, 28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64 fathoms (i.e., ca. 120 m).

Date: 22 June 1913.

Collector: Naokatsu Yanagi.

Label data: "28°10'N, 126°2'E to 28°20'N, 126°11'E, 64 fath., June 22 1913, Trawl, N. Yanaghi".

Remarks: This specimen had been stored in the same jar as UMUTZ-Cnid-A-30.


Dendronephthya (R.) cf. divaricata (Gray)

トゲトサカ属の一種 (和名未定種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-28; one fragment.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Doketsuba (see Remrks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-91), 100 fathoms (i.e., ca. 180 m).

Date: 6 January 1897.

Collector: Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "同穴場100尋, 30, 1, 6, 熊".

Remarks: This specimen is somewhat disintegrated.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-38; two colonies.

Locality: Sagami Bay, about 2 km off Niijima Island.

Date: 10 August 1903

Collector: Fishing trawler Ohnoura-maru.

Label data: "No.146, 新島沖20町, 8月10日36年, 大ノ浦丸"; "Alcyonacea sp.".

Remarks: The anthocodial formula of these specimens was not determined in this study.


Dendronephthya (R.) cf. gracillima Kukenthal

トゲトサカ属の一種 (和名未定種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-110; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Doketsuba (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-91), 60 fathoms (i.e., ca. 110 m).

Date: 10 January 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "産地 同穴場60尋, 明治41年1月10日 採集 木下".




Dendronephthya (R .) sp. トゲトサカ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-9; one fragment.

Locality: Yamaguchi Prefecture, three miles (i.e., ca. 5 km) off Shimonoseki city, 300 fathoms (i.e., ca. 550 m).

Date: 14 July 1894.

Collector: Prof. Isao Ijima.

Label data: "3 ri of Shimonoseki, 300 Hiro, 14/7 94, Ijima, 70%".

Remarks: This specimen is a very young colony, and almost completely disintegrated. The word "ri" on the label seems to mean "kairi: 海里", i.e. a nautical mile.


Gersemia cf. rubiformis (Ehrenberg) アカキタトサカ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-60; one colony.

Locality: Eastport, Maine, U.S.A.

Label data: "Alcyonium carneum Sp., Eastport Me. ○○○ [illegible]".

Remarks: The latter half of the label was extremely hard to read. Alcyonium carneum Verrill is a junior synonym of Gersemia rubiformis, according to Utinomi (1961). This specimen had been stored in formalin, and also had once dried out.


Lemnalia cf. cervicornis (May) ロッカクウミゼリ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-1; two colonies

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Inanze Bank, off Naha city.

Date: 18 April 1901.

Collectors: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri & Iwaji Ikeda.

Label data: "ナハ沖イナンゼ, 34年4月18日, 箕作, 池田".

Remarks: With pedicellate polyps.


Nephthea cf. chabrolii Audouin チヂミトサカ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-6; one colony.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture.

Label data: "Riukiu, Alcyonacea Alcyonaria".


Nephthea cf. elongata Kukenthal

チヂミトサカ属の一種 (和名未定種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-4; one colony.

Locality: Philippines, Marongan, Jolo.

Collector: Probably Prof. Felty S. Light.

Label data: Magongan, Jolo, Philippine Islands. (Prob. Coll. S. F. Light), F.M.B., 1953".

Remarks: This specimen was probably presented to this museum by F. M. Bayer when he came to Japan in 1953. F. S. Light was a Professor of the University of the Philippines who published several articles on the systematic of octocorals.


Nephthea cf. erecta Kukenthal タチチヂミトサカ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-2; three colonies.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, off Cape Makurazaki, 5 fathoms (i.e., ca. 10 m)

Date: 7 August 1899

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 サツマ枕崎五尋, 明治32年8月7日採集 宮嶋".




Nephthea junipera Thomson et Dean

チヂミトサカ属の一種 (和名未定種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-5; one colony.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Kyan-misaki Cape, Itoman city.

Date: 12 April 1901.

Collectors: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri & Iwaji Ikeda.

Label data: "Nephthea junipera, Thomson & Dean, Itoman, Okinawa Is., 1901 (H. Utinomi det.)"; "産地 沖縄糸満キャム岬, モグリ, 箕作, 池田, 採集 明治34年4月12日".

Remarks: This specimen agrees well with N. junipera in the Stereonephthya-like appearance and considerable stinging armature of the polyps.


Nephthea cf. setoensis Utinomi

チヂミトサカ属の一種 (和名未定種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-7; two colonies.

Locality: Probably Sagami Bay, Kozushima Island.

Label data: "神集嶋".

Remarks: The supporting bundle of this specimen is less well developed than that shown in the original description of this species. There are two "神集島" Islands in Japan: the old name of Kozushima (神津島) in Sagami Bay is "神集島", and the present Kashiwajima (神集島) is located off Karatsu city, Saga Prefecture in Kyushu.


Nephthea sp. チヂミトサカ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-3; two colonies.

Locality: Okinawa Prefecture, Kyan-misaki Cape, Itoman city.

Date: 12 April 1901.

Collectors: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri & Iwaji Ikeda.

Label data: "沖縄糸満キャム岬 モグリ, 明治34年4月12日, 箕作, 池田".

Remarks: The anthocodial armature of these specimens resembles that of N. chabrolii, but the supporting bundle is considerably more weakly developed than that of UMUTZ-Cnid-A-6.


Paraspongodes sp. ウミツゲ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-10; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay.

Collector: Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "Eunephthya spiculosa Kukenthal, Loc. Sagami Bay, Date. ? Coll. K. Aoki"

References: Utinomi, 1951: 30-31, 1960: 20-22.

Remarks: This specimen was identified as Eunephthya spiculosa Kukenthal (= Paraspongodes spiculosa) by Utinomi (1951, 1960). According to Utinomi's paper, there was another label, "Eunephthya spiculosa det. K. Kinoshita. Collected by K. Aoki", which I could not find. However, the type specimens of P. spiculosa have slender rods peculiar to the genus Scleronephthya in the polyps according to the figures of the original description (Kukenthal, 1906), and my preliminary studies on the type specimen confirm this (Imahara, unpublished). It seems that this specimen belongs to the genus Paraspongodes or Chromonephthea on account of the polyps not having have these peculiar slender rods.


Stereonephthya japonica Utinomi キバナトサカ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-15; one colony.

Locality: Kagoshima Bay, probably Shimizucho, Kagoshima city.

Date: 29 March 1896.

Collectors: Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri & Juta Hara".

Label data: "鹿児島湾薩摩田浦, 明治29年3月29日採集 箕作, 原".

Remarks: It seems that "Satsuma-Tanoura (薩摩田浦)" is a old local name for Shimizucho, Kagoshima city. This specimen is somewhat damaged.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-16; Number of specimens: five colonies.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, Teuchi, Shimokoshiki Island.

Date: 22 July 1899.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 下コシキ手打, 明治32年7月22日採集 宮嶋".

Remarks: These specimens had been stored in formalin.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-17; one colony.

Locality: Probably Kagoshima Prefecture, Kamise, probably off Yamakawa fishery port, Ibusuki city.

Date: 30 March 1896.

Label data: "神瀬, M29, 3, 30".

Remarks: The locality was ascertained based on a published record of the collection trip of Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri with Juta Hara to Kagoshima in 1896 (Isono, 1988). There are two 神瀬 in Kagoshima Prefecture i.e., a deep bank off Ibusuki city (see Telesto tubulosa: UMUTZ-Cnid-A-103) and a small Island in Kagoshima Bay. The locality was considered to later, because the habitat of this species is shallow bottom.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-21; two colonies.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Araibama, Misaki, Miura city, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Date: April, 1916.

Label data: "April 1916, Misaki Araibama".

Remarks: These specimens had been stored in formalin.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-23; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Misaki, Miura city, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Date: April, 1916.

Label data: "Dendronephthya with Coeloplana bocki Komai, Misaki, IV 1916".

Remarks: Coeloplana bocki is a sessile, epizoic ctenophore, "Kuragemushi" in Japanese.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-31; one colony.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, Cape Makurazaki, 5 fathoms (i.e., ca. 10 m).

Date: 7 August 1899.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 サツマ枕崎5尋, 明治32年8月7日 採集 ミヤシマ".


Stereonephthya cf. japonica Utinomi キバナトサカ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A19; one colony.

Locality: Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "Ushibuka, Amakusa, Juni 1908, Kinoshita leg., durch Taucher".

Remarks: The construction of the anthocodial armature of this specimen closely resembles that of S. japonica; however, the color of the branches and the lower part of the polyp stalks is pink.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-20; three colonies.

Locality: Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "Ushibuka, Amakusa, 1908 Juni, Kinoshita, durch Taucher".

Remarks: Several parts of the branches are pinkish in color, just as in UMUTZ-Cnid-A-19.

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-22; two colonies.

Locality: Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "Ushibuka, Amakusa, Juni 1908, Kinoshita, durch Taucher".

Remarks: Several parts of the branches are pinkish in color, just as in UMUTZ-Cnid-A-19.


Stereonephthya cf. papyracea Kukenthal

ハナトサカ属の一種 (和名未定種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-26; four colonies.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Doketsuba (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-91), 60 fathoms (i.e., ca. 110 m).

Date: 10 January 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "産地 同穴場 60尋, 明治41年1月10日 採集 木下".

Remarks: The color of these colonies closely resembles that of Stereonephthya osimaensis Utinomi, but the size of the polyps is considerably smaller, and the construction of the anthocodial armature quite different. Stereonephthya papyracea has been recorded only once previously, from the type locality in Palau by Kukenthal (1905).


Stereonephthya rubriflora Utinomi アカバナトサカ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-18; one colony.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, probably Kamise in Kagoshima Bay.

Date: 30 March, 1896.

Label data: "神瀬 29, 3, 30".

Remarks: The locality was determined by reference to the same record of Prof. Kakichi Mitsukuri's collection trip as was used for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-17 (Isono, 1988).

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-25; one colony.

Locality: Kumamoto Prefecture, Ushibuka, Amakusa city.

Date: June, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "Ushibuka, Amakusa, 1908 Juni, Kinoshita leg., durch Taucher".


Stereonephthya sp. ハナトサカ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-24; two colonies.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, Teuchi, Shimokoshiki Island.

Date: 22 July 1899.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 下コシキ 手打, 明治32年7月22日採集 宮嶋".

Remarks: The color of these specimens closely resembles that of Stereonephtha osimaensis Utinomi, but the construction of the anthocodial armature is quite different. These specimens had been stored in formalin.


Umbellurifera sp. 1 (和名未定属の一種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-39; three fragments.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Doketsuba (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-91), 60 fathoms (i.e., ca. 110 m).

Date: October, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "産地 同穴場60尋, 明治41年10月, 採集 木下".

Remarks: These specimens had been stored in formalin.


Umbellurifera sp. 2 (和名未定属の一種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-114; one fragment.

Locality: Sagami Bay, about 2 km off Niijima Island.

Date: 10 August 1893.

Collector: Fishing trawler Ohnoura-maru.

Label data: "Alcyoniidae sp"; "新島沖20町, 8月10日 大の浦丸"; "新島西沖20町, 8月10日26年 ケタアミ, No. 145".

Remarks: The sclerites are in a more or less disintegrated state. This specimen had been stored in the same jar as UMUTZ-Cnid-A-41


Family Nidaliidae タイマツトサカ科

Nidalia cf. macrospina Kukenthal

タイマツトサカ属の一種 (和名未定種)

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-112; one colony.

Date: 6 August 1894.

Label data: "Station 13, 6/VIII 94".

Remarks: This specimen had been stored in the same jar as A-36.


Siphonogorgia cf. dipsacea (Wright & Studer) アカバナクダヤギ?

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-53; five fragments and one colony.

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

Date: 10 August 1897.

Collector: Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "SIPHONOGORGIA DIPSACEA Wright et Studer, Alcyonacea, Alcyonaria, Sagami Bay 400 h. 10/VIII/97, 熊吉"; "椿山○○○ [illegible], 30年8月10日".

Remarks: I could not confirm the meaning of "椿山".


Siphonogorgia sp. 1 クダヤギ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-50; two fragments.

Locality: Kagoshima Prefecture, Shimo-tsukurase Island, about 20 km south of Takarajima Island, coral ground, 70 fathoms (i.e., ca. 130 m).

Date: 13 July 1899.

Collector: Mikinosuke Miyajima.

Label data: "産地 鹿児島県下津倉瀬島 珊瑚場 70尋, 明治32年7月13日採集 宮嶋".

Remarks: With completely retracted polyps.


Siphonogorgia sp. 2 クダヤギ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-51; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, 200 fathoms (i.e., ca. 370 m).

Date: 5 August 1896.

Collector: Golden Hind Expedition (Alan Owston).

Label data: "Station 48, 200 hiro, muddy bottom, 5/8/1896, Golden Hind Expedition".

Remarks: With completely retracted polyps.


Siphonogorgia sp. 3 クダヤギ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-52; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Misaki, Miura city, Kanagawa Prefecture, 330-340 fathoms (i.e., ca. 600-620 m).

Date: May, 1895.

Collector: Kumakichi Aoki.

Label data: "Siphonogorgia sp. Alcyonacea, Alcyonaria, Misaki, 330-340 hiro V1895"; "巌戸掛外, 330-40尋 38年5月 熊".

Remarks: With somewhat non-retracted polyps. See Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-96 for the meaning of "巌戸掛外", i.e. "outside of the Iwado-line".


Gen. sp.  クダヤギ科の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-48; one colony.

Locality: Sagami Bay, Doketsuba (see Remarks for UMUTZ-Cnid-A-91), 60 fathoms (i.e., 110 m).

Date: October, 1908.

Collector: Kumao Kinoshita.

Label data: "産地 同穴場 60尋, 明治41年10月, 採集 木下".

Remarks: This non-branching, slender, club-like small colony probably belongs to either the genus Nidalia or Siphonogorgia.


Family Maasellidae カクレトサカ科

Carotalyon sagamianum Utinomi ニンジントサカ

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-81; one colony.

Type status: Holotype.

Locality: Sagami Bay, 170 fathoms (i.e., ca. 310 m).

Date: 2 April 1895.

Collector: Prof. Isao Ijima

Label data: "Samples of Sponges from 170 hiro, near stat. 5, Apr. 2nd 1895, To be studied. Colors taken note of Ijima"; "Carotalcyona sagamianum Utinomi, Loc. Sagami Bay 170 fm. Date Apr., 1895, Coll. Prof. Ijima".

Reference: Utinomi, 1952: 441-446.

Remarks: The second label is an official label of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University.


Paralcyonium elegans (M. Edwards) ヘンゲトサカ属の一種

UMUTZ-Cnid-A-82; one colony.

Locality: Naples.

Label data: "Naples, PARALCYONIUM ELEGANS, Alcyonacea, Alcyonaria".

Remarks: It seems that Prof. Ijima brought this specimen home from his overseas trip.


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