MCZ Invertebrate Zoology ANTI-23

Elatopathes abietina (Pourtalés, 1874)

Lectotype of Aphanipathes abietina  
  Syntype of Antipathes abietina

Date Collected:

1871-12-29/1871-12-30

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Barbados | off Sandy Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:ANTI-23 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Elatopathes abietina (Pourtalés, 1874) linked data icon
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Hexacorallia Antipatharia Aphanipathidae Acanthopathinae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: as per WoRMS 2023-01-09
Previous Identifications
Aphanipathes abietina (Pourtalès, 1874) linked data icon
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Hexacorallia Antipatharia Aphanipathidae
Determiner: Dennis M. Opreskolinked data icon
Nature of ID: expert ID
Antipathes abietina Pourtalés, 1874 linked data icon
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Hexacorallia Antipatharia Antipathidae
Determiner: Louis F. Pourtales in 1874
Nature of ID: type ID

Agassiz and de Pourtales 1874, page 47, Syntype of Antipathes abietina Pourtalés, 1874 Pl. IX., fig 10
Opresko 1972, page 1019, Lectotype of Aphanipathes abietina (Pourtalès, 1874) Fig. 13; Table 5
Media type: text; Agassiz and de Pourtales 1874 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vo. IV No. 1;

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  • previous number: ANTI-23-a

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-08-08
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-08-04   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good on loan 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-08-08

  • Designated lectotype by D. Opresko, 1972 (examined & labeled by Opresko June 1970). Original labels kept with dry paralectotype. Single lot collected in 1871 and split into three variations of ANTI-23, ANTI-23-a and -b. Lectotype retains ANTI-23 and others renumbered. [JWL]

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Barbados
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Sandy Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Sandy Bay, Barbados
  • Depth:
  • 100 fms
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Coordinates based on JH Blake's travel journal.
  • Georeference:
  • 13.0500000°, -59.583333° (Error radius: 2km) By: Penny Benson on 2013-08-14 (Source: Georeferenced based on locality of Sandy Bay, Barbados)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 3′ 0″ N  59° 35′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1871-12-29 / 1871-12-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • December 29-30, 1871
  • Collector:
  • Hassler Expedition

  • None

  • None

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