MCZ Invertebrate Zoology PORa-6152

Desmacella vagabunda Schmidt, 1870

Syntype of Desmacella vagabunda

Date Collected:

1869-02-17

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

Current Identification
Desmacella vagabunda Schmidt, 1870
Animalia Porifera Demospongiae Poecilosclerida Mycalina Desmacellidae
Determiner: Edward Oskar Schmidt on 1870-01-01
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Schmidt 1870 Description: Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Schmidt 1870 Description: Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes

  • other number: PORa-9521
  • station number: 135, cast 2

Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (dry) poor in collection >1 History (3)
Remarks: mixed lot

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  • [contains fragments of coral and other animals, descriptive label in Schmidt handwriting in German, PBenson 2017]

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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:
  • Southwest of Sand Key
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Southwest of Sand Key
  • Depth:
  • 125 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.3416666°, -81.975000° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1869-02-17 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (24° 20′ 30″ N  81° 58′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1869-02-17
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 17, 1869
  • Collectors:
  • Steamer Bibb; Louis F. Pourtales

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  • [Masked]

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