MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2927

Astrogordius cacaoticus (Lyman, 1874)

Syntype of Astrophyton cacaoticum

Date Collected:

1800-01-01/1867-01-01

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Guadeloupe | off Guadeloupe

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2927 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Astrogordius cacaoticus (Lyman, 1874) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Gorgonocephalidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Astrophyton cacaoticum Lyman, 1874 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Gorgonocephalidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1874
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1874, page 250, Syntype of Astrophyton cacaoticum Lyman, 1874 Plate VI, Figs 1-3
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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 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-07-01
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Guadeloupe
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • France
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Guadeloupe
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Guadeloupe
  • Depth:
  • 20 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 16.2567520°, -61.548363° (Error radius: 44821m) By: Penny Benson on 2021-05-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1800-01-01 / 1867-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collectors:
  • Jean Louis Hardouin-Michelin; USCSS Blake Expeditions

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