MCZ Invertebrate Zoology SCOR-724

Astrangia poculata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2006-10-13

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: United States: Massachusetts | Naushon Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:SCOR-724 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Astrangia poculata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) linked data icon
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Hexacorallia Scleractinia Astrangiidae
Common Name(s): northern star coral
Determiner: Caroline Fleming
Nature of ID: ID based on molecular data
Previous Identification
Astrangia danae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 linked data icon
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Hexacorallia Scleractinia Astrangiidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: missing during Astrangia inventory

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 2 History (5)

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  • Entered into Catalogue 21.i.1862 3 specimens on rocks, in ethanol

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Naushon Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Massachusetts, Dukes, Naushon Island
  • Georeference:
  • 41.4914420°, -70.758808° (Error radius: 6300m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2006-10-13
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • Alexander Agassizlinked data icon

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