Invertebrate Zoology 69683: Bathypsammia tintinnabulum

Invertebrate Zoology 69683
Bathypsammia tintinnabulum
whole animal (unknown)

Paralectotype of Bathypsammia tintinnabulum
Syntype of Thecopsammia tintinnabulum

off Sand Key
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: United States: Florida
May 11, 1868
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Identifications

Bathypsammia tintinnabulum (Pourtalès 1868)

Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Bathypsammia tintinnabulum

Identified by Stephen D. Cairns in 1979
Nature of ID: type ID

Thecopsammia tintinnabulum Pourtales, 1868

Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae Thecopsammia tintinnabulum

Identified by [no agent data] in 1868
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

de Pourtales 1868, Page 138, Syntype of Thecopsammia tintinnabulum

Cairns 1979, Page 190, Paralectotype of Bathypsammia tintinnabulum

Plate XXXVIII, figures 1-3; Plate XXXIX, figure 1

Cairns 2001, Page 21, Other Useful Citation of Bathypsammia tintinnabulum

Media of type text, de Pourtales 1868. Description:Contributions to the Fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths

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Contributions to the Fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Country:	United States
State/Province:	Florida
Specific Locality:	off Sand Key
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	150 to 154 fms
Coordinates:	24° 15´ 0´´ N 81° 14´ 10´´ W (Datum: unknown)
	[no agent data]; 1868-05-11; Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith
Collecting Date:	May 11, 1868

Collectors

US Coast Survey, 1867-1871

Steamer Bibb

Identifiers

station number: 17

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (unknown)	unchecked	in collection	0

Remarks: This 'lot' has a label with 5604 in it in E. Deichmann handwriting. There is also a label that says 17 Dredging May 11, 1868 154 fathoms, which is an original label. 5604, in the ledger says station 19

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