MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2785

Asteroschema rubrum Lyman, 1879

Syntype of Asteroschema rubrum

Date Collected:

1876-01-10

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Chile | Off Southern Chile

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Euryalidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1879
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1879, page 68, Syntype of Asteroschema rubrum Lyman, 1879 Plate XVII Figs. 454-457
Media type: text; Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2

  • station number: 310

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-18   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: There is one extra arm that does not belong to this animal.

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Chile
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off Southern Chile
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 400 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -51.500000°, -74.050000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1876-01-10 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (51° 30′ 0″ S  74° 3′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1876-01-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 10, 1876
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]