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  • Invertebrate Zoology CNID-5605 MCZ Invertebrate Zoology
  • Stenocyathus vermiformis
  • fragment (dry)
  •    Syntype of Coenocyathus vermiformis
  • West Indies
  • Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central
  • prior to 1868 (1867-01-01 - 1868-12-31)
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Identifications
Stenocyathus vermiformis (Pourtales, 1868)
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Stenocyathidae Stenocyathus vermiformis
worm coral
Identified by Stephen D. Cairns in 1979
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Coenocyathus vermiformis Pourtalès, 1868
Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Scleractinia Caryophylliidae Coenocyathus vermiformis
Identified by [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy
Remarks: not listed in either historical ledgers as Type though there is Pourtales label enclosed
Citations
de Pourtales 1868, Page 133, Syntype of Coenocyathus vermiformis
Cairns 1979, Page 168, Voucher of Stenocyathus vermiformis
Plate XXXII, figures 8-1 ; Plate XXIII, figures 1-2
 
Media of type text, de Pourtales 1868. Description:Contributions to the Fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths
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Media Details
Contributions to the Fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths
 
Locality and Collecting Event Details
Continent/Ocean: Atlantic Ocean
Specific Locality: West Indies
Locality Remarks: this is not a good locality for the Pourtales Type though it is referenced in Cairns 1979 - need resolution with specimen in hand
Collecting Source: wild caught
Coordinates: 16.315376° -73.755861° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 2037392 m
Emily Blank; 2020-03-20; Source: GEOLocate
Collecting Date: prior to 1868 (1867-01-01 - 1868-12-31)
Collectors
US Coast Survey, 1867-1871
Louis F. Pourtales
Identifiers
other number: 58
Part Details
Part Name Condition Disposition # Remarks
fragment (dry) fair in collection ca.20
Media
 
Media of type text, Invertebrate Zoology CNID-5601;CNID-5602;CNID-5604;CNID-5605;CNID-5607;CNID-5609;CNID-5610;CNID-5618;CNID-5622;CNID-5623;CNID-5624;CNID-5625. Description:MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria 000001-006000, pg.228

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Media Details
MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria 000001-006000, pg.228

 
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