Holotype of Aldrovandia gracilis  
  Lectotype of Aldrovandia gracilis

Date Collected:

1885-03-02

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico | [coordinate data only]

Media type: image; Ichthyology 100637

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:100637 Aldrovandia gracilis Holotype

Current Identification
Aldrovandia gracilis Goode & Bean, 1896
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Notacanthiformes Halosauridae
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Goode_GB, Bean_TH/1896]

Media type: text; Goode and Bean 1896 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXII Atlas;

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Shows Publication: Goode and Bean 1896 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXII Atlas

  • field number: ALBA2380
  • group number: 104
  • previous number: MCZ 28013 (pt)

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: Muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-19
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-12   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-19
standard length 505 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • In: Spec Bull US Nat Mus 2:130, 134-135, fig 157 [also Mem Mus Comp Zool 22: same pages.] This is the tin-tagged specimen designated as LT by McDowell, 1973 in FWNA:121). Assigned new number due to wrong locality in LT designation and to leave BLAKE specimen under original number [KEH & WNE 1993]. PLTs at MCZ 28013 & 51989. Image available.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/4288 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • 1430 fms
  • Depth:
  • 1430 fms
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Georeference:
  • 28.0416666°, -87.730000° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 2010-03-19 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (28° 2′ 30″ N  87° 43′ 48″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1885-03-02
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 2/3/1885-2/3/1885
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • ALBA2380
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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  • [Masked]