Invertebrate Zoology PORb-30: Chalina finitima

Dry Tortugas
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida
1869 (1869-01-01 - 1869-12-31)
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Identifications

Chalina finitima Schmidt, 1870

Animalia Porifera Demospongiae Haplosclerida Chalinidae Chalina finitima

Identified by Edward Oskar Schmidt in 1870
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Schmidt 1870, Page 33, Syntype of Chalina finitima

the only one found at the MCZ as of August 2017

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Media Details
Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Country:	United States
State/Province:	Florida
Specific Locality:	Dry Tortugas
Verbatim Locality:	Tortugas
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	24.621604° -82.984874° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 24916 m
	Penny Benson; 2021-09-22; Source: GEOLocate
Collecting Date:	1869 (1869-01-01 - 1869-12-31)

Collectors

US Coast Survey, 1867-1871

Louis F. Pourtales

Steamer Bibb

Identifiers

other number: PORa-8114

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (70% ethanol)	poor	in collection	1

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