Neptune's Cup, Neptune's Cup, Boring Sponge, Neptune's Cup
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1838
name: label: Collector
content: Crew et al.
label: Discipline
content: Invertebrate Zoology
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This specimen is a Neptune's Cup, which is a large sponge that resembles a cup or wine glass. The cup shape and size made the sponge valuable to collectors after its discovery in 1822. As a result, the population declined and was thought to be extinct until March 2011 when marine biologists encountered one off Singapore's southern islands. This sponge was collected in the Singapore area by the United States Exploring Expedition (also called the Wilkes Expedition) in 1838.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Dec 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Singapore
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Cliona patera
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO33224
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Hadromerida, Clionaidae