MCZ Invertebrate Zoology PORb-22

Esperia renieroides Schmidt, 1870

Syntype of Esperia renieroides

Date Collected:

1868-05-09

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida | Off the Samboes

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology PORb-22 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Esperia renieroides Schmidt, 1870
Animalia Porifera Demospongiae Poecilosclerida Mycalidae
Nature of ID: type ID

Schmidt 1870, page 57, Syntype of Esperia renieroides Schmidt, 1870 plate 5, figure 22
Media type: text; Schmidt 1870 Description: Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes;

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

  • other number: PORa-9075
  • station number: 44

Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (dry) poor in collection ca.5 History (3)
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-09-18
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-09-11   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-09-18

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off the Samboes
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off the Samboes
  • Depth:
  • 125 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.3125000°, -81.479166° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1868-05-09 (Source: List of dredging stations in North American waters from 1867-1887)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (24° 18′ 45″ N  81° 28′ 45″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1868-05-09
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 9, 1868
  • Collectors:
  • US Coast Survey, 1867-1871; Louis F. Pourtales; Steamer Bibb

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