Umbellula sp. 2

Description

General: Orange polyparium, buried peduncle. Thick rachis as compared to U. sp. 1. A similar species, U. encrinus, may live up to 75 years based on growth rings.

Geographic Information

Habitat description: Benthic, soft sediment.

Additional Information

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.

Consulting taxonomist: Gary Williams, California Academy of Sciences.

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.