MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CNID-4113

Nephthya nigra Pourtales, 1868

Syntype of Nephthya nigra

Date Collected:

1868-05-16

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: United States: Florida | off Sand Key

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:CNID-4113 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology CNID-4113 Description: Live specimen.;

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Current Identification
Nephthya nigra Pourtales, 1868
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Nephtheidae
Determiner: Louis F. Pourtales in 1868
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Eunephthya nigra Verrill, 1883
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Alcyoniidae
Determiner: Elisabeth Deichmann in 1936
Nature of ID: expert ID

de Pourtales 1868, page 130, Syntype of Nephthya nigra Pourtales, 1868
Deichmann 1936, page 60, Voucher of Eunephthya nigra Verrill, 1883 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.49348 linked data icon
Media type: text; de Pourtales 1868 Description: Contributions to the Fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths;

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Media type: text; Deichmann 1936 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LIII;

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  • other number: Cast 4

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-05-23
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-05-12   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair in collection >10 History (3)
Remarks: fragments

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-05-23

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Sand Key
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Sand Key Florida
  • Depth:
  • 120 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.3991670°, -81.761333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Penny Benson on 2017-12-18 (Source: GEOLocate and historical papers)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1868-05-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 16, 1868
  • Collectors:
  • US Coast Survey, 1867-1871; Steamer Bibb

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology CNID-4101; CNID-4102; CNID-4104; CNID-4105; CNID-4106; CNID-4109; CNID-4110; CNID-4111; CNID-4112; CNID-4113; CNID-4114; CNID-4115; CNID-4116; CNID-4117; CNID-4118; CNID-4119; CNID-4120; CNID-4121 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria 000001-006000, pg.166;

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