MCZ Invertebrate Zoology ALCY-193

Eugorgia ampla (Verrill, 1864)

Syntype of Leptogorgia ampla

Date Collected:

1860-01-01/1860-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Mexico: Baja California | Margarita Bay

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Current Identification
Eugorgia ampla (Verrill, 1864)
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Gorgoniidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Leptogorgia ampla Verrill, 1864
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Gorgoniidae
Determiner: Addison Emery Verrilllinked data icon in 1864
Nature of ID: type ID

Verrill 1864, page 32, Syntype of Leptogorgia ampla Verrill, 1864
Breedy et al. 2009, page 13, Voucher of Eugorgia ampla (Verrill, 1864) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.188707 linked data icon
Fig. 1 A; Fig. 5; Pl. 1, a-c
Soler-Hurtado et al. 2017, page 221, Voucher of Eugorgia ampla (Verrill, 1864)
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Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (dry) good in collection 2 History
Remarks: Fragments removed for SEM photos by Odalisca Breedy, v.15.1999. Dry spicules in vial prep. by O. Breedy, vii.2001
fragment (dry) fair in collection ca.6 History
Remarks: Found separate in general collection
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-05-12
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-05-02   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 2 History (3)
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (4)
Remarks: Found separate in general collection, rooted in Plaster of Paris mold. Was on display in Coral Reef Room until 1989. +Fragments

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-05-12

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • State/Province:
  • Baja California
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Margarita Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Margarita Bay, Lower California, possibly from the Bonin Islands
  • Georeference:
  • 22.3002730°, -104.70747° (Error radius: 3036m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1860-01-01 / 1860-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1860
  • Collector:
  • Andrew Garrettlinked data icon

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology ALCY-182; ALCY-183; ALCY-184; ALCY-185; ALCY-186; ALCY-189; ALCY-192-a; ALCY-193; ALCY-195 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Alcyonaria 000001-000737, pg.8;

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