MCZ Invertebrate Zoology PORb-162

Phakellia folium Schmidt, 1870

Date Collected:

1868-05-01

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida | Off Sombrero

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:PORb-162 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Phakellia folium Schmidt, 1870
Animalia Porifera Demospongiae Halichondrida Axinellidae
Determiner: Edward Oskar Schmidt
Nature of ID: migration

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  • other number: PORa-6781
  • station number: 12

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) unchecked in collection 3 History

Attribute Value Determination On
citation 1870.Grunzuge einer Spongien - Fauna des Atlantischen Gebietes. Leipzig, Engelmann: 62, Pl.IV, fig.16. [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06

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  • Entered into MCZ Sponge Catalogue as Phakellia folium & tenax. One fragment is wrapped in a label with "Phakellia tenax n.sp." written in pencil, probably in Schmidt's handwriting. There is also a small Agassiz jar labelled Phakellia folium. It contains one sponge fragment. A label stating "Phakellia folium n. sp", also in Schmidt's handwriting, was found loose in the box containing the specimens. MCZ No. 162 also includes an octocoral fragment, wrapped in a piece of paper and labelled "Polyp."

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off Sombrero
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Sombrero
  • Depth:
  • 262 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.2388888°, -83.950000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1868-05-01 (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  83° 57′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1868-05-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1 May 1868
  • Collectors:
  • US Coast Survey, 1867-1871; Louis F. Pourtales; Steamer Bibb

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  • [Masked]

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