DENDRONEPHTHYA OF JAPAN, II. -NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORDS OF DENDRONEPHTHYA AND THE ALLIED STEREONEPHTHYA FROM KII REGION-

Abstract

Since I have reported twenty nine species of Dendronephthya chiefly from the coast of Kii Peninsula in a previous paper (UTINOMI, 1952), some new materials have been accumulated. A large part of the material upon which this report is being made was collected by Mr. Torao YAMAMOTO and myself, mostly at Kusimoto and Tanabe Bay along the Kii coast. The new collection includes 7 species of Dendronephthya, two of which are new to science, and 4 new species of Stereonephthya, an allied genus hitherto unknown from Japan. Descriptions of and notes on these new or imperfectly known species from the same or adjacent areas, but from other collections, are also included. On this occasion I would like to express my cordial thanks to Mr. Torao YAMAMOTO for his earnest help in collecting the material. Thanks are also due to Prof. T. KAMOHARA of Kochi University and Prof. T. ITO of Ehime University for the loan of material from the Sikoku area, west of Kii Peninsula.