MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CNID-4026

Pacifigorgia adamsii (Verrill, 1868)

Date Collected:

1872-06-24/1872-07-23

Atlantic Ocean/Pacific Ocean: Panama | off Panama

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:CNID-4026 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Pacifigorgia adamsii (Verrill, 1868)
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Gorgoniidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Gorgonia adamsii Verrill, 1868
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Gorgoniidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: Previous ID: Rhipidogorgia falbellam

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) fair in collection 15 History
Remarks: +Fragments, select specimens have 'photo' written on their label.

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  • Label remarks: 'Resembles superficially the West Indian form Ripidigorgia bust is quite different. Among other things the polyps are placed on the surface, not on the sides. Common in tidepools'. [Erin Polka, 07/2013]

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean/Pacific Ocean
  • Country:
  • Panama
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Panama
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Pearl Islands, Panama
  • Locality Remarks:
  • MARINE SPECIMEN - unsure if collected in Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean
  • Georeference:
  • 8.96666700°, -79.533333° (Error radius: 700000m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-05-07 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1872-06-24 / 1872-07-23
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 24-July 23
  • Collector:
  • Hassler Expedition

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