MCZ Invertebrate Zoology PORb-388

Euplectella jovis Schmidt, 1880

Syntype of Euplectella jovis

Date Collected:

1879-02-16

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Saint Lucia | off St. Lucia

Current Identification
Euplectella jovis Schmidt, 1880
Animalia Porifera Hexactinellida Hexasterophora Lyssacinosida Euplectellidae Euplectellinae
Determiner: Edward Oskar Schmidt in 1879
Nature of ID: type ID

Schmidt 1879, page 60, Syntype of Euplectella jovis Schmidt, 1880 Plate VI, figs. 7, 11
Media type: text; Schmidt 1879 Description: Die Spongien des Meerbusens von Mexico;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Schmidt 1879 Description: Die Spongien des Meerbusens von Mexico

  • station number: 221

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-27
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Saint Lucia
  • Specific Locality:
  • off St. Lucia
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off St. Lucia
  • Depth:
  • 423 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 13.9152777°, -61.101388° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1879-02-16 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 54′ 55″ N  61° 6′ 5″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-02-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 16, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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