Sponge
D.28.8.99.10a
Holding institution:
Donor:
Trustees of the British Museum, 1901
Licence:
HMS Challenger project IPR statement
Scientific name:
Cacospongia levis
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
10 September 1873 - 10 September 1873
Form:
Fluid
Type status:
Holotype
Station:
122C
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Desmospongiae
Order:
Dictyoceratida
Family:
Thorectidae
Genus:
Cacospongia Schmidt, 1862
Species:
Cacospongia levis Polejaeff, 1884
Station/Area Information
Station:
122C
Date collected:
10/09/1873
Area:
Barra Grande, off Pernambuco, Brazil
Water body:
Southwest Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
41
Depth (Fathoms):
400 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-9.17
Decimal Longitude:
-34.82
Gear:
Trawl
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.0248
Notes:
Jar contains two fragments a label inside reads: cut from a Holotype in the B.M. (N.H.) I.D. Wallace, 1976.
Specimens collected on Challenger expedition off Barra Grande, Brazil. 400 fathoms.
