MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2954

Gorgonocephalus chilensis (Philippi, 1858)

Syntype of Astrophyton Pourtalesii

Date Collected:

1872-03-09

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southwest: Argentina: Patagonia | off Cape Raso (Cape dos Bahias)

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2954 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Gorgonocephalus chilensis (Philippi, 1858) 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 Pourtalesii Lyman, 1875
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Gorgonocephalidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1875
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1875, page 28, Syntype of Astrophyton Pourtalesii Lyman, 1875 Plate IV figures 41-43 (this is the only 'type')
Media type: text; Lyman 1875 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. IV no. 2;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1875 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. IV no. 2

  • collector number: 1159
  • dredging number: 31:247P

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 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southwest
  • Country:
  • Argentina
  • State/Province:
  • Patagonia
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Cape Raso (Cape dos Bahias)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Cape Raso, Patagonia
  • Depth:
  • - 55 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -44.866666°, -64.166666° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1872-03-09 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (44° 52′ 0″ S  64° 10′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1872-03-09
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 9, 1872
  • Collector:
  • Hassler Expedition

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  • None

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