MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 5467

Caryophyllia polygona Pourtales, 1878

Date Collected:

1867/1869

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Caribbean Sea: Cuba | off Havana

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:5467 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Caryophyllia polygona Pourtales, 1878
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 198, [type status needs research] of Caryophyllia polygona Pourtales, 1878
Cairns 1979, page 53, Other Useful Citation of Caryophyllia polygona Pourtales, 1878
Media type: text; Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids;

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Shows Publication: Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (unknown) unchecked in collection 0 History

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  • [specimen might in type collection but may not be part of type series nor is it referenced in Cairns, 1979 - PBenson October 2020]

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Havana
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba, Havana
  • Depth:
  • 100 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.1631970°, -82.378587° (Error radius: 7551) By: Penny Benson on 2017-05-25 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1867-01-01 / 1869-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1867-1869
  • Collectors:
  • US Coast Survey, 1867-1871; Steamer Bibb

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