MCZ Invertebrate Zoology PORb-19

Desmacella vagabunda Schmidt, 1870

Syntype of Desmacella vagabunda

Date Collected:

1868-05-06

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida | Off American Shoal

Current Identification
Desmacella vagabunda Schmidt, 1870
Animalia Porifera Demospongiae Poecilosclerida Mycalina Desmacellidae
Determiner: Edward Oskar Schmidt in 1870
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

  • other number: PORa-8194
  • station number: Cast No. 7

Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (70% ethanol) poor in collection ca.10 History (3)

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off American Shoal
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off American Shoal
  • Depth:
  • 98 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.4444444°, -81.308333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1868-05-06 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (24° 26′ 40″ N  81° 18′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1868-05-06
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 6, 1868
  • Collectors:
  • US Coast Survey, 1867-1871; Louis F. Pourtales; Steamer Bibb

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