MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 165286

Madracis decactis (Lyman, 1859)

Date Collected:

1868-01-21

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: United States: Florida | off Tortugas

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:165286 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Madracis decactis (Lyman, 1859) linked data icon
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Hexacorallia Scleractinia Pocilloporidae
Common Name(s): ten-ray star coral
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) good in collection 6 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Genevieve Casserly 2023-04-26

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Tortugas
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Florida: off Tortugas, 6-17 fms
  • Depth:
  • 6 - 17 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.4583333°, -83.000000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1868-01-21 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (24° 27′ 30″ N  83° 0′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1868-01-21
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 21.i.1868
  • Collectors:
  • Louis F. Pourtales; US Coast Survey, 1867-1871

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