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Robert B. Moffitt

collected 1993–2023

580 specimens, collected between 1993 and 2023 on 114 collecting days, now held in 4 departments. Identified 10 specimens for others.

On the labels as Moffitt, R., R. Moffitt, R.B. Moffitt, Robert B Moffitt, Robert B. Moffitt, Robert Moffitt.

Specimens
580
Type specimens
2
Years in the field
31
Islands
8
Species
103
Identifications
10
In the Library
0
Named after
2

Where Moffitt collected

Specimens by decade

1990s2020s

Earliest: Pinctada margaritifera, 1993 (Pearl and Hermes Atoll). Latest: Codium, 2023.

Named for Moffitt

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Moffitt. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

From the field

PadinaPadinaSargassumPadinaSargassumPadina sanctae-crucisMicrodictyon setchellianumCodiumPadina sanctae-crucisChampiaPadinaDictyosphaeria versluysii

As a determiner

10 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: