MCZ Invertebrate Zoology ALCY-718

Litigorgia florae Verrill, 1868

Syntype of Litigorgia florae

Date Collected:

1866-01-01/1867-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Gulf of Panama: Panama | Archipelago Las Perlas, Golfo de Panama

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology ALCY-718 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Litigorgia florae Verrill, 1868
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Gorgoniidae
Determiner: Addison Emery Verrilllinked data icon in 1868
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Leptogorgia florae Verrill, 1868
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Gorgoniidae
Nature of ID: expert ID

Verrill 1868, page 387, Syntype of Litigorgia florae Verrill, 1868 Plate V, figure 3 ; Plate 6, figure 1
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;

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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...

  • donor number: 504 / 1175
  • other number: CNID-4006

Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (microscope slide) unknown unknown 1 History
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-04-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-04-25   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) fair in collection >1 History (3)
Remarks: referred to in Breedy paper as 4006
whole animal (dry) fair in collection 4 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-04-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Panama
  • Country:
  • Panama
  • Specific Locality:
  • Archipelago Las Perlas, Golfo de Panama
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Panama, Pearl Islands
  • Georeference:
  • 8.39743900°, -78.976545° (Error radius: 32707m) By: Jennifer Goldstein on 2022-05-17 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1866-01-01 / 1867-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1866-1867
  • Collector:
  • Frank H. Bradley

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