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Th. Mortensen

collected 1915–1945

3 specimens, collected between 1915 and 1945 on 3 collecting days, now held in 2 departments.

On the labels as Th. Mortensen, Th. Mortensen., Mortensen.

Specimens
3
Type specimens
1
Years in the field
31
Islands
2
Species
3
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
1

Where Mortensen collected

Specimens by decade

1910s1940s

Earliest: Lithophaga fasciola, 1915 (Oʻahu). Latest: Phylladiorhynchus integrirostris, 1945.

Named for Mortensen

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Mortensen. 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

Eucheuma odontophorumLithophaga fasciola