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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology PORb-150

Phakellia folium Schmidt, 1870

Syntype of Phakellia folium

Date Collected:

1868-05-04

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida | Off Bahia Honda

Current Identification
Phakellia folium Schmidt, 1870
Animalia Porifera Demospongiae Halichondrida Axinellidae
Determiner: Edward Oskar Schmidt on 1870-01-01
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Schmidt 1870 Description: Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Schmidt 1870 Description: Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes

  • field number: Cast no. 12
  • other number: PORa-6767
  • station number: 22

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) fair in collection 3 History

  • None

  • None

  • Data on label with number 6767 is incorrect. Label in Schmidt's handwriting has: "9 Phakellia folium N. sp 8 ~ ventilabrum Bbk" The "folium" is nearly illegible. The smallest specimen has a small paper tag tied to it with "18" in pencil on it. The labels tied to the other 2 specimens are not legible.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off Bahia Honda
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Florida, Off Bahia Honda
  • Depth:
  • 324 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.2388888, -80.994444 (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1868-05-04 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (24° 14′ 20″ N  80° 59′ 40″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1868-05-04
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 4, 1868
  • Collectors:
  • Steamer Bibb; Louis F. Pourtales

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

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