Invertebrate Zoology CNID-4621: Thesea solitaria

off Sand Key
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida
May 16, 1868
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Identifications

Thesea solitaria (Pourtalès, 1868)

Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Paramuriceidae Thesea solitaria

Identified by Elisabeth Deichmann
Nature of ID: type ID

Evacis solitaria Verrill MS

Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Paramuriceidae Evacis solitaria

Identified by Addison Emery Verrill
Nature of ID: expert ID

Acis solitaria Pourtales, 1868

Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Octocorallia Alcyonacea Paramuriceidae Acis solitaria

Identified by Louis F. Pourtales in 1868
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

de Pourtales 1868, Page 132, Syntype of Acis solitaria

Deichmann 1936, Page 112, Voucher of Thesea solitaria

Bayer and Cairns 2004, Additional Material of Evacis solitaria

8131 & 8128 are not in publication on any plates but label enclosed references the name in Verrill handwriting

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Contributions to the Fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths

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Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Country:	United States
State/Province:	Florida
Specific Locality:	off Sand Key
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	120 fms
Coordinates:	24.356772° -81.931444° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 13947 m
	Penny Benson; 2020-10-29; Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith
	Coordinate Remarks: The US Coast Survey was off Sand Key Light House (stations 52-77)
Collecting Date:	May 16, 1868

Collectors

US Coast Survey, 1867-1871

Steamer Bibb

Identifiers

AE Verrill number: 8128

AE Verrill number: 8131

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
fragment (dry)	poor	in collection	2	8131
fragment (dry)	poor	in collection	2	8128

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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria 000001-006000, pg.187

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