MCZ Invertebrate Zoology PORb-92

Axinella mastophora Schmidt, 1870

Syntype of Axinella mastophora

Date Collected:

1868-11-05

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

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology PORb-92 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Axinella mastophora Schmidt, 1870
Animalia Porifera Demospongiae Halichondrida Axinellidae Axinellinae
Determiner: Edward Oskar Schmidt on 1870-01-01
Nature of ID: type ID

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-8073
  • station number: Cast No. 7

Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (70% ethanol) fair in collection >1 History (4)
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-08-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-08-18   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-08-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off Sombrero
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Sombrero
  • Depth:
  • 111 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.4805555°, -81.052777° (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° 28′ 50″ N  81° 3′ 10″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1868-11-05
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 11 May 1868
  • Collectors:
  • Steamer Bibb; Louis F. Pourtales

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology PORb-92 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Sponges cards;

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