Object Details
- Record Last Modified
- 29 Mar 2017
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Collection Date
- 12 Aug 1986
- Collector
- S. C. Jameson
- Expedition
- CCRE - Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems, Belize
- Ocean/Sea/Gulf
- North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea
- Place
- North Blue Ground Range, Windward Side, Belize, North Atlantic Ocean
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- Invertebrate Zoology
- Cnidaria
- Published Name
- Porites divaricata Lesueur, 1820
- Data Source
- NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.
- USNM Number
- 78996
- Type Citation
- Jameson, S. C., Cairns, S. D. 2012. Neotype for Porites porites (Pallas, 1766) and Porites divaricata Le Sueur, 1820 and remarks on other western Atlantic species of Porites (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). 125 (2): 189-207.
- Type Status
- Neotype
- Depth (m)
- 1 - 1.5
- Preparation
- Dry
- Record ID
- nmnhinvertebratezoology_50767
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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