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 Author Lam, Katherine Author Morton, Brian text Journal of Natural History 2008 2008-03-31 42 9 - 12 749 780 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701862708 journal article 10.1080/00222930701862708 1464-5262 4666635 Menella indica Gray, 1870 ( Figure 3E ) Menella indica Gray, 1870:407 Menella indica Nutting, 1912:86 ; Kükenthal, 1924:184 ; Utinomi, 1958:105 , 1961:211–213 Description Long, slender, yellowish brown colony with branches which arise from the main stem at right angles and grow upwards. Branches bluntly pointed at the ends. Axis black and wholly horny. Polyps irregularly distributed on all sides of the branch and stem surface and deeply sunk into verrucal cavities. Sclerites in coenenchyme are dagger-shaped, that is, they consist of a short smooth blade and a few thorny basal processes. These polyps are, 0.4× 0.5 mm . Anthocodial sclerites are shorter,, 0.4 mm , curved spindles with random spikes on their surfaces. Axis thin and brown. Type locality Back Bay , Bombay , east coast of India . Distribution Indian Ocean, Japan , Hong Kong . Remarks One specimen ( 190 mm × 80 mm ) was collected from Conic Island Cave. This species is a new record for Hong Kong .