Acanthogorgia vegae Aurivillius, 1931:80 Acanthogorgia vegae Zou & Scott, 1982:142 Soft corals, sea fans, gorgonians (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) and black and wire corals (Ceriantipatharia: Antipatharia) from submarine caves in Hong Kong with a checklist of local species and a description of a new species of Paraminabea Lam, Katherine Morton, Brian Journal of Natural History 2008 2008-03-31 42 9 - 12 749 780 8XRH Aurivillius, 1931 Aurivillius 1931 [408,840,601,625] Anthozoa Acanthogorgiidae Acanthogorgia Animalia Alcyonacea 11 758 Cnidaria species vegae  ( Figure 3A)    Acanthogorgia vegae Aurivillius, 1931:80, pl. 2, fig. 2, text-fig. 2–3   Acanthogorgia vegae Zou & Scott, 1982:142, pl. 1A, 6A–D   Description The yellow colony arises from a large, lobate basal disk and has a few, thick branches set in one plane and at wide angles. Polyps large, cylindrical and project perpendicularly. Size53– 5 mm× 1.5 mm. Sclerites at polyp base are large,, 1.3× 0.1 mm, and either plain or s-shaped. Crown sclerites smaller,, 0.6 mm, arranged en chevron. Tentacle sclerites, 0.3 mm. Stem sclerites are fusiform and, 1× 0.1 mmlong. The axis is thick and brown.   Typelocality   Yedo Bay, Japan, 65 fathoms (,  130 m), clay bottom.  Distribution  Japan, Hong Kongand the continental coast of Guangdong Province, China.  Remarks One specimen ( 120 mm× 70 mm) was collected from Conic Island Cave. [146,761,1079,1104] Japan 130 Yedo Bay 11 758 1 holotype