MCZ Invertebrate Zoology ALCY-349

Leptogorgia rigida Verrill, 1864

Syntype of Leptogorgia cuspidata  
  Paralectotype of Leptogorgia cuspidata  
  Syntype of Leptogorgia rigida

Date Collected:

1863-01-01/1863-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Mexico | Acapulco

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:ALCY-349 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Leptogorgia rigida Verrill, 1864
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Gorgoniidae
Determiner: Addison Emery Verrilllinked data icon in 1864
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Leptogorgia cuspidata Verrill, 1865
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Gorgoniidae
Determiner: Odalisca Breedy; Héctor M. Guzmán on 2007-01-01
Nature of ID: expert ID

Verrill 1864, page 32, Syntype of Leptogorgia rigida Verrill, 1864
Verrill 1865, page 186, Syntype of Leptogorgia cuspidata Verrill, 1865
Breedy and Guzmán 2007, page 31, Paralectotype of Leptogorgia cuspidata Verrill, 1865 doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.1419.1.1 linked data icon
Media type: text; Verrill 1864 Description: List of the Polyps and Corals sent by the MCZ to other Institutions in Exchange, with Annotations;

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Shows Publication: Verrill 1864 Description: List of the Polyps and Corals sent by the MCZ to other Institutions in Exchange, with Annotations

Media type: text; Verrill 1865 Description: Synopsis of the Polyps and Corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition - Alcyonaria;

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Shows Publication: Verrill 1865 Description: Synopsis of the Polyps and Corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition - Alcyonaria

  • other number: CNID-4058

Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (dry) poor in collection 2 History
Remarks: removed from specimen by Odalisca Breedy 2001
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: tissue taken from pre-existing fragments; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2025-01-16
subsampled by = Cynthia Y. Wang-Claypool   determined date=2025-01-09   determined by=Cynthia Y. Wang-ClaypoolORCID iD icon  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 2 History (5)

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Mexico
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Acapulco
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Acapulco
  • Georeference:
  • 16.6525820°, -100.07140° (Error radius: 33km) By: Penny Benson on 2020-01-21 (Source: 2019 Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1863-01-01 / 1863-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1863
  • Collector:
  • D. B. Van Brunt

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology ALCY-327; ALCY-328-a; ALCY-334; ALCY-349; ALCY-350 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Alcyonaria 000001-000737, pg.14;

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Ledger Entry for: 5 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:ALCY-327 Briareum asbestinum to MCZ:IZ:AL...

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