MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3952

Gorgonocephalus pustulatum (H.L. Clark, 1916)

Holotype of Astrodendrum pustulatum

Date Collected:

1909-01-01/1914-12-31

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Tasmania | Bass Strait, E of Flinders Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3952 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3952 Description: View of brittle star arms.; Aspect: legs

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3952 Description: View of brittle star arms.; Aspect: legs view 2

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Current Identification
Gorgonocephalus pustulatum (H.L. Clark, 1916) 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
Astrodendrum pustulatum H.L. Clark, 1916 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Gorgonocephalidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1916
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1916, page 84, Holotype of Astrodendrum pustulatum H.L. Clark, 1916
Media type: text; Clark 1916 Description: Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the FIS Endeavour 1909-1914;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1916 Description: Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the FIS Endeavour 1909-1914

  • station number: E4700

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor in collection 1 History
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  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-11-07
Remarks: Lot photographed
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • Island:
  • Tasmania
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Bass Strait, E of Flinders Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Bass Strait, E of Flinders Island
  • Depth:
  • 100 - 300 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -39.951591°, 149.021729° (Error radius: 76123m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-03-30 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1909-01-01 / 1914-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1909-1914
  • Collector:
  • FIS Endeavour

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  • [Masked]
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