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1885.12.1.404

Classification
Scientific name: Serpula sombreriana McIntosh, 1885
Author: McIntosh, 1885
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Sabellida
Family: Serpulidae
Genus: Serpula
Species: sombreriana
Higher classification: Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Sedentaria; Sabellida; Serpulidae
Location
Locality: West Indies; Off Sombrero and St Thomas, 470 and 390 fms.
Water body: Western Central Atlantic Ocean; Caribbean Sea, Caribbean Sea
Minimum depth(m): 713
Maximum depth(m): 860
Collection event
Expedition: Challenger Expedition
Vessel: HMS Challenger
Collection date: 3 / 1873
Identification
Type status: holotype
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Serpula sombreriana McIntosh, 1885 Yes
Hyalopomatus sombreriana (McIntosh, 1885) No
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1885.12.1.404
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Annelida
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3535434
Registration code: AN01
Kind of object: wet
Preservative: IMS
Kind of collection: wet
Individual count: 1
Zoology
Barcode: 010961674
Record
Occurrence ID: a2cb7892-126a-4edb-b329-8230f6b5a52a
Modified: 2025-04-04T16:51:08+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T19:34:32+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T19:34:32+00:00
Last updated 2025-04-04T16:51:08+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb