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Associated with Colangia
Brief Caption Colangia immersa Pourtalès, 1871, holotypic colony.
Name of Object Colangia immersa Pourtalès, 1871
Specimen ID (Institution and Number) MCZ 2787
Type Specimen ? Holotype
Locality Double-Headed Shot Cay (Elbow Cays, Western Atlantic Ocean, Western side of Cal Sal Bank, Bahamas, 576 m.
Scale Bar Length (with units) 10.0 mm
Orientation Holotypic colony
Preparation Method Skeleton Surface
Imaging Method Photograph
Position in Image Set 2
Remarks Pourtalès, 1871 implied that the holotypic colony had certainly been transported to this depth after death.
Image Author Cairns, 2000, Figure 122..
Copyright Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region LXXV
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