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Merulina rigida
EXPEDITION: U.S. Exploring Expedition
OCEAN/SEA/GULF: South Pacific Ocean
PREP COUNT: 1
PREPARATION: Slide, Dry
REMARKS: thin section
TYPE CITATION: Dana. 1846. Zoophytes. 7: 276-277, pl.17, fig.1.
TYPE STATUS: Syntype
PLACE: Fiji, South Pacific Ocean
COLLECTION DATE: 1838 to 1842
COMMON NAME: Corals
PUBLISHED NAME: Merulina rigida Dana, 1846 Hydnophora rigida (Dana, 1846)
USNM NUMBER: 148
DATA SOURCE: NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.
EDAN-URL: edanmdm:nmnhinvertebratezoology_10703