Hemicorallium tokiyasui

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scleralcyonacea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Subphylum: Anthozoa Classis: Octocorallia Ordo: Scleralcyonacea

Familia: Coralliidae
Genus: Hemicorallium
Species: Hemicorallium tokiyasui

Name

Hemicorallium tokiyasui Nonaka & Hayashibara, 2021

Type locality: Koko Seamount, 414 m, 4 September 2009.

Holotype: NSMT-Co 1736

Etymology: Named for the location where the specimen collected, Koko Seamount, one of the Emperor Seamounts. In 1954, Robert S. Dietz, a United States oceanographer, named the seamounts in the chain after Japanese emperors (mainly ancient). Koko Seamount was named for the 58th Japanese Emperor, Koko (830–887). The scientific name of this new species honors Emperor Koko and is derived from his “Imina” or personal name, Tokiyasu.

References

• Nonaka, M., Hayashibara, T. 2021. Report on Coralliidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) Specimens Collected from the Emperor Seamounts with Descriptions of Three New Species. Species Diversity. 26: 297–342.