MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CNID-5619-b

Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) pusillus (Pourtales, 1868)

Syntype of Diaseris pusilla

Date Collected:

1868-05-11/1868-05-16

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

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology CNID-5619-b Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Fungiacyathidae
Determiner: Stephen D. CairnsORCID iD icon
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: new combinations
Previous Identification
Diaseris pusilla Pourtales, 1868
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Fungiidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; de Pourtales 1868 Description: Contributions to the Fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths;

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Shows Publication: de Pourtales 1868 Description: Contributions to the Fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) poor; broken in many pieces in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-08-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-08-15   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (unknown) unchecked in collection 0 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-08-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Sand Key
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Florida,
  • Depth:
  • - 125 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.3942980°, -81.879259° (Error radius: 78430m) By: Penny Benson on 2020-10-29 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1868-05-11 / 1868-05-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 11-16, 1868
  • Collector:
  • US Coast Survey, 1867-1871

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