MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2931

Astrophyton chilense Philippi, 1858

Syntype of Astrophyton chilense

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1858-01-01

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Chile | Calbuco on the Messier Channel

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Current Identification
Astrophyton chilense Philippi, 1858 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Gorgonocephalidae
Determiner: Rudolph Amandus Philippi in 1858
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Philippi 1858 Description: Beschreibung einiger neuen Seesterne aus dem Meere von Chiloe;

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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 date=2022-09-27   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

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Chile
  • Specific Locality:
  • Calbuco on the Messier Channel
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Calbuco on the Messier Channel, Chile
  • Georeference:
  • -41.777473°, -73.120186° (Error radius: 1603m) By: Penny Benson on 2018-07-12 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1858-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Mr. Germain

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