MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-2631

Plutonaster proteus H.L. Clark, 1923

Paratype of Plutonaster proteus

Date Collected:

1897-01-01/1918-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southeast: South Africa | Cape of Good Hope: Cape Point, NE by E 1/4 E 40 mi.

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-2631 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Plutonaster proteus H.L. Clark, 1923 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Paxillosida Astropectinidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Plutonaster bifrons; Identification Made Date: 1923

Clark 1923, page 242, Paratype of Plutonaster proteus H.L. Clark, 1923
Media type: text; Clark 1923 Description: The Echinoderm Fauna of South Africa;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Clark 1923 Description: The Echinoderm Fauna of South Africa

  • other number: 16902
  • station number: 16944

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 4 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
age class young [no agent data]
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Adam J. Baldinger 2023-03-23

  • None

  • original citation lists Station 16944 4 young specimens as same locality as station 16902

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southeast
  • Country:
  • South Africa
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Cape of Good Hope: Cape Point, NE by E 1/4 E 40 mi.
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cape Colony: Cape Point, NE by E 1/4 E 40 mi.
  • Depth:
  • 800 - 900 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -34.337960°, 18.5789650° (Error radius: 7033m) By: Penny Benson on 2018-10-01 (Source: GEOLocate and Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1897-01-01 / 1918-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • SS Pieter Faure

  • None

Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology AST-2563; AST-2564; AST-2631 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Asteroidea Astrospectinidae cards;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 3 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:AST-2563 Plutonaster bifrons Paratype to...

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