Caribbean chestnut moray [SEP] parent taxon
Caribbean chestnut moray
The Caribbean chestnut moray, "Enchelycore carychroa", is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the western Atlantic from Bermuda, southern Florida, the Bahamas, and the western Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, at depths between 1 and 20 m. Their length is up to 34 cm, or just over 1 ft, making them the smallest members of their genus and among the smaller morays.
The Caribbean chestnut moray inhabits coral and rocky reefs.
this as a taxon hitherto unknown to science. Kellogg noted that this was "a very marked [distinct], fine [attractive], robust species, worthy of cultivation".
In the Monterey area Lobb also found "Rhododendron occidentale", one of only two deciduous "Rhododendron" species native to western North America which was to become the parent of many hybrid rhododendrons, and a small horse chestnut, the California buckeye ("Aesculus californica"). He also sent back seeds of various other conifers, including