MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 71317

Leptogorgia chilensis (Verrill, 1868)

Date Collected:

1963-01-24

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: United States: California: Channel Islands | Santa Cruz Island, Smugglers Cove

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:71317 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Leptogorgia chilensis (Verrill, 1868)
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Gorgoniidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Lophogorgia chilensis (Verrill, 1868)
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Gorgoniidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

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  • "Red, with white zooids". Photographed by O. Breedy.

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • California
  • Island Group:
  • Channel Islands
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Santa Cruz Island, Smugglers Cove
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Santa Cruz Island, Smugglers Cove
  • Depth:
  • 21 m
  • Georeference:
  • 34.0195700°, -119.54079° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Penny Benson on 2015-12-03 (Source: Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • SCUBA divers
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1963-01-24
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 24, 1963
  • Collector:
  • George E. MacGinitie

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  • [Masked]

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