Invertebrate Zoology ECH-1411: Genocidaris maculata

West of Tortugas
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida
January 16, 1869
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Identifications

Genocidaris maculata A. Agassiz, 1869

Animalia Echinodermata Echinoidea Camarodonta Trigonocidaridae Genocidaris maculata

Identified by Alexander Agassiz in 1869
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

de Pourtales and Agassiz 1869, Page 262, Syntype of Genocidaris maculata

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Media Details
MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 9

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Country:	United States
State/Province:	Florida
Specific Locality:	West of Tortugas
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	65 fms
Coordinates:	24.6° -84.083° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 94554 m
	Penny Benson; 2015-04-08; Source: GEOLocate
	Coordinate Remarks: Georeferenced west of Tortugas, off the coast, error large, unsure how far off the coast
Collecting Date:	January 16, 1869

Collectors

US Coast Survey, 1867-1871

Louis F. Pourtales

Identifiers

other number: 1197

other number: cast 13

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
partial animal (dry)	good	on loan	1	spine only
whole animal (dry)	good	in collection	1

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