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Scirpearia grandiflora
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Scirpearia grandiflora

Daniel J. Drew · 2016-02-12 · Invertebrate Zoology specimen photograph (PreservedSpecimen)

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Type status: syntype. Collection locality: off Martinique. Collected by Agassiz, A. E., U.S. Coast Survey Stmr. Blake, 1879-02-12. CSBR Slide Grant Image 2016; IZ number 6340; lot count 1; Microslide 01, balsam, sclerites; Microslide 02, balsam, sclerites; Microslide 03, balsam, sclerites; Microslide 04, balsam, sclerites; Microslide 05, fragment; Microslide 06, cardboard, fragment; other number MCZ 4732; other number AEV 8088; type status comment: In the Blake manuscript,Verrill lists this specimen as AEV 8088, on pl. 95, fig. 11 (Viminella grandiflora), and YPM 6340 on pl. 97, fig. 1 (Viminella grandiflora) and pl. 147, fig. 10 (Scirpearia grandiflora).In the "Catalogue of Alcyonaria in the M.C.Z." Verrill lists the specimen AEV 8088, with fragments (later catalogued as YPM 6340, DJD, suppositon) as being from Sta 215, 191 fms. The depth corresponds to Sta. 210 which is the type locality of Deichmann's Scirpearia grandiflora, MCZ 4732.

Yale Peabody Museum’s own description
Credit lineScirpearia grandiflora (YPM IZ 006340.CN). Photograph by Daniel J. Drew. Yale Peabody Museum, Invertebrate Zoology. CC0.

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