MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-3811

Psilaster cassiope Sladen, 1889

Holotype of Psilaster squameus

Date Collected:

1938-03-14

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | Nicholas Channel, off Bahia de Santa Clara

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-3811 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Psilaster cassiope Sladen, 1889 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Paxillosida Astropectinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Psilaster squameus H.L. Clark, 1941 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Paxillosida Astropectinidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1941
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1941, page 17, Holotype of Psilaster squameus H.L. Clark, 1941 plate 2 figure 1

  • station number: 2991A

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: Partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-01-10
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-12-13   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-06-09
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-01-10

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Nicholas Channel, off Bahia de Santa Clara
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba: Nicholas Channel, off Bahia de Santa Clara
  • Depth:
  • 475 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.3833333°, -80.350000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1938-03-14 (Source: Contribution No. 274 of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (23° 23′ 0″ N  80° 21′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1938-03-14
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 14, 1938
  • Collectors:
  • Harvard-Havana Expedition; RV Atlantis

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology AST-3811; AST-3866; AST-3867 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Asteroidea Astrospectinidae cards;

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Ledger Entry for: 3 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:AST-3811 Psilaster cassiope Holotype to ...

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