Invertebrate Zoology PORa-6451: Schmidtia muta

Invertebrate Zoology PORa-6451
Schmidtia muta
whole animal (dry)

Syntype of Schmidtia muta

Off Florida
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida
[no verbatim date data] (1700-01-01 - 1870-01-01)

Identifications

Schmidtia muta Schmidt, 1870

Animalia Porifera Demospongiae Haplosclerida Petrosiidae Schmidtia muta

Identified by Edward Oskar Schmidt
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Schmidt 1870, Page 44, Syntype of Schmidtia muta

Media of type text, Schmidt 1870. Description:Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes

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Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Country:	United States
State/Province:	Florida
Specific Locality:	Off Florida
Verbatim Locality:	Florida
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	7.5 fms
Collecting Date:	[no verbatim date data] (1700-01-01 - 1870-01-01)

Collectors

US Coast Survey, 1867-1871

Identifiers

other number: 10 7 1/2 f

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry)	good	in collection	1

Remarks: [Attached to the specimen is a label that reads "71/2 f" ]Data from serial number 78P of page 959 in the list of Dredging stations 1867-1887 compares favorably to the data from labels. Could be this collecting event. [unsure who entered this note, PBenson April 2017]]

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Media of type text, Invertebrate Zoology PORa-6449;PORa-6450;PORa-6451;PORa-6452. Description:MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Sponges cards

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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Sponges cards

MCZBASE:The Database of the Zoological Collections

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