MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 36027

Leptogorgia pumila (Verrill, 1868)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2010-04-14

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Peru | Zorritos

Current Identification
Leptogorgia pumila (Verrill, 1868)
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Gorgoniidae
Nature of ID: type ID

Verrill 1868, page 396, [type status needs research] of Leptogorgia pumila (Verrill, 1868)
Media type: text; Verrill 1868 Description: Notes on the Radiata in the museum of Yale College. No. 5. Notice of a collection of echinoderms from La Paz, Lower California, with descriptions of a new genus;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Verrill 1868 Description: Notes on the Radiata in the museum of Yale College. No. 5. Notice of a collection of echinoderms from La Paz, Lower California, wi...

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (microscope slide) unchecked in collection 1 History

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  • [No. 1573 (probably Yale Coll. no.). Original slide label has been outlined in red and has "1573 L. pumila V Zorritos". Someone has written "Type?" in red crayon on slide., note by Ardis Johnston] [Number YPM 1573 of L. pumila is not from Zorritos Peru which is where the type is from, it's collected by Bradley from Panama, PBenson Feb 2021]

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Peru
  • Specific Locality:
  • Zorritos
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Peru, Zorritos
  • Georeference:
  • -5.3502860°, -82.062877° (Error radius: 109544m) By: Penny Benson on 2017-05-12 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2010-04-14
  • 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:
  • Frank H. Bradley

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