Species Dendronephthya umbellata (Wright & Studer, 1889)

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• Spongodes umbellata Wright, E.P. & Studer, Th. 1889. Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 31: 1-314 [203].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1890.4.11.9 specimen in alcohol, lower part missing.
• Spongodes bicolor Wright, E.P. & Studer, Th. 1889. Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 31: 1-314 [199].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1890.4.11.21 colony in alcohol; BMNH 1890.4.11.12 colony in alcohol.
• Spongodes bicolor ceylonensis Thomson, J.A. & Henderson, W.D. 1905. Report on the Alcyonaria collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. Part 3, Supplementary Report 20. pp. 269-328 [280] [as Spongodes bicolor Wright & Studer, 1889 var. ceylonensis Thomson & Henderson, 1905].

  Type data:

   Holotype (location unknown).
• Spongodes bicolor dubia Thomson, J.A. & Henderson, W.D. 1905. Report on the Alcyonaria collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. Part 3, Supplementary Report 20. pp. 269-328 [280] [as Spongodes bicolor Wright & Studer, 1889 var. dubia Thomson & Henderson, 1905].

  Type data:

   Holotype (location unknown).

Ecological Descriptors

Hard bottom, marine, sessile.

Taxonomic note

Also GBR report as D. bicolor

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