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  • Malacology 363023 MCZ Malacology
  • Mastigoteuthis agassizii
  •    Syntype of Mastigoteuthis Agassizii
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: United States
  • July 15, 1880 (1880-01-01 - 1880-12-31)
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Identifications
Mastigoteuthis agassizii Verrill, 1881
Animalia Mollusca Cephalopoda Coleoidea Decapodiformes Oegopsida Mastigoteuthidae Mastigoteuthis agassizii
Identified by Richard I. Johnson
Nature of ID: expert ID
Mastigoteuthis Agassizii Verrill, 1881
Animalia Mollusca Cephalopoda Coleoidea Decapodiformes Oegopsida Mastigoteuthidae Mastigoteuthis Agassizii
Identified by Addison Emery Verrill
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Identification made: 1881
Citations
Verrill 1881, Page 100, Syntype of Mastigoteuthis Agassizii
Plate 1, fig 1; Plate 2, figs 2-3g
Johnson 1989, Page 19, Voucher of Mastigoteuthis agassizii
Cited in paper as MCZ 3508. Erroneously cited in paper as Holotype.
 
Media of type text, Verrill 1881. Description:MCZ Bulletin Vol. VIII no. 5
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Media Details
MCZ Bulletin Vol. VIII no. 5
Media of type text, Johnson 1989. Description:Molluscan taxa of Addison Emery Verrill and Katharine Jeannette Bush, including those introduced by Sanderson Smith and Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
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Media Details
Molluscan taxa of Addison Emery Verrill and Katharine Jeannette Bush, including those introduced by Sanderson Smith and Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
 
Locality and Collecting Event Details
Continent/Ocean: Atlantic Ocean
Country: United States
Specific Locality: [coordinate data only]
Collecting Source: wild caught
Depth: 1632 fms
Coordinates: 34° 28´ 25´´ N 75° 22´ 50´´ W (Datum: unknown) , Error: 0 m
[no agent data]; 1880-07-15; Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith
Collecting Date: July 15, 1880 (1880-01-01 - 1880-12-31)
Collectors
USCSS Blake Expeditions
Included in these Collections
Identifiers
original ledger number: Alcohol ledger catalog number: 3508
original number: 25
station number: 328
Part Details
Part Name Condition Disposition # Remarks
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked missing 1 Lost per Johnson (1989).
Attributes
associated grant: Mobilizing Millions of Marine Mollusks of the Eastern Seaboard (ESB)
  Penny Benson, 2021-09-20
  Remark: Localities vetted
Remarks: Entered from ledger.
Media
 
Media of type text, Malacology 319532;363017;363018;363019;363020;363021;363022;363023;363024;363025;363026;363027;320425;363028;363029;363030;363031;363032;363033;363034;320423;363035;363036;363037. Description:MCZ Malacology Alcoholic Mollusca 003326-006190, pg.8

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Media Details
MCZ Malacology Alcoholic Mollusca 003326-006190, pg.8

 
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