Echinogorgia japonica Aurivillius, 1931

Lam, Katherine & Morton, Brian, 2008, Soft corals, sea fans, gorgonians (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) and black and wire corals (Ceriantipatharia: Antipatharia) from submarine caves in Hong Kong with a checklist of local species and a description of a new species of Paraminabea, Journal of Natural History 42 (9 - 12), pp. 749-780 : 763-764

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701862708
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D0879E-5C20-2371-908C-3B07FC71FEE1
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scientific name	Echinogorgia japonica Aurivillius, 1931
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Echinogorgia japonica Aurivillius, 1931 View in CoL

Echinogorgia japonica Aurivillius, 1931: 185–188 View in CoL , pl. IV, 2a, b

Description

Light brown colony spreading in one plane with swollen tipped branches arising at approximately right angles from it. Thick coenenchyme covered by polyps that are slightly verruciform. Calyx covers the retracted anthocodium. Verruca covered by spicules of true Echinogorgia type, that is, exterior portion foliaceous comprising several leaves with dentate margins and a basal portion for attachment. These sclerites are of 0.5 mm x 0.5 mm. Axis yellow.

Type locality

Hirudo Sound, Japan.

Distribution

Japan, Hong Kong.

Remarks

Two specimens were collected from Steep Island Cave. Sizes were 80 mm × 78 mm and 45 mm × 30 mm. This species is a new record for Hong Kong.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Cnidaria
Class	Anthozoa
Order	Alcyonacea
Family	Plexauridae
Genus	Echinogorgia