MCZ Invertebrate Zoology SCOR-531

Fungia repanda Dana, 1846

Syntype of Fungia repanda  
  Paralectotype of Fungia repanda

Date Collected:

1838-01-01/1842-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Fiji | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:SCOR-531 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Fungia repanda Dana, 1846
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Fungiidae
Determiner: James Dwight Dana in 1846
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Fungia (Verrillofungia) repanda Dana, 1846
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Fungiidae
Determiner: Bert Hoeksema in 1989
Nature of ID: expert ID

Dana 1846, page 295, Syntype of Fungia repanda Dana, 1846
Dana 1849, Figured of Fungia repanda Dana, 1846 Plate 19, fig. 1, animal, expanded; 1a, profile of section, showing outline of a large spcimen from the Feejees
Hoeksema 1989, page 92, Paralectotype of Fungia repanda Dana, 1846
Media type: text; Dana 1846 Description: United States Exploring Expedition;

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Shows Publication: Dana 1846 Description: United States Exploring Expedition

Media type: text; Dana 1849 Description: ATLAS Zoophytes;

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Shows Publication: Dana 1849 Description: ATLAS Zoophytes

  • donor number: USNM1496

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 2023-06-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-06-20   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-06-30

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Fiji
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Feejee Islands
  • Georeference:
  • -18.042920°, 179.317405° (Error radius: 287197m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-09-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1838-01-01 / 1842-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1838-1842
  • Collector:
  • U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology SCOR-529; SCOR-530; SCOR-531 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Stony Corals 000001-001549, pg.22;

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Ledger Entry for: 3 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:SCOR-529 Fungia fungites var. discus to M...

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