Umbellula sp. 1

Description

General: White polyparium, buried peduncle. A similar species, U. encrinus, may live up to 75 years based on growth rings.

Geographic Information

Habitat description: Benthic, soft sediment.

Additional Information

Consulting taxonomist: Gary Williams, California Academy of Sciences.

Consulting taxonomist: Gary Williams, California Academy of Sciences.

Taxonomist assessment: March 2021: The taxonomy of this genus is in need of major revision. West Coast species should be designated to genus only for now.

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Williams, G.C. (2001). First record of a bioluminescent soft coral: description of a disjunct population of Eleutherobia grayi (Thomson and Dean, 1921) from the Solomon Islands, with a review of bioluminescence in the octocorallia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 52: 209-225.