MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CNID-5507

Distichopora gracilis Dana, 1846

Syntype of Distichopora gracilis

Date Collected:

1838/1842

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: French Polynesia: Tuamotu Archipelago | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:CNID-5507 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Distichopora gracilis Dana, 1846
Animalia Cnidaria Hydrozoa Hydrocorallina Stylasterina Stylasteridae
Determiner: James Dwight Dana in 1846
Nature of ID: type ID

Dana 1846, page 704, Syntype of Distichopora gracilis Dana, 1846
Dana 1849, Figured of Distichopora gracilis Dana, 1846 Plate 50, fig. 4, corallum, natural size; fig. 5, a variety? natural size ; 51, 5b, views, enlarged
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Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (dry) good in collection 1 History (5)
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-06-30
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2023-06-23   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-06-30

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • French Polynesia
  • Island Group:
  • Tuamotu Archipelago
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • France
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • French Polynesia, Paumotu Island, Tuamotu Archipelago
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Tuamotu Archipelago, French Îles Tuamotu, also called Paumotu, island group of French Polynesia, central South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago comprises 75 atolls, one raised coral atoll (Makatea), and innumerable coral reefs, roughly dispersed northwest-southeast as a double chain for more than 900 miles (1,450 km). It is the largest group of coral atolls in the world.
  • Georeference:
  • -18.206094°, -142.82010° (Error radius: 815611m) By: Adam J. Baldinger on 2020-10-09 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1838-01-01 / 1842-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology CNID-5501; CNID-5502; CNID-5506; CNID-5507; CNID-5510; CNID-5512; CNID-5514; CNID-5516; CNID-5517; CNID-5518; CNID-5525 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria 000001-006000, pg.224;

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Ledger Entry for: 11 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:CNID-5501 Stylaster elegans to MCZ:IZ:CN...

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