MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CRU-6491

Cymopolia obesa A. Milne Edwards, 1880

Holotype of Cymopolia obesa

Date Collected:

1878-01-19/1878-02-24

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: Mexico: Yucatan | North of Alacran Reef, Campeche Bay

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Current Identification
Cymopolia obesa A. Milne Edwards, 1880 linked data icon
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Brachyura Cymopoliidae
Determiner: Mary J. Rathbunlinked data icon
Nature of ID: expert ID

Milne-Edwards 1880, page 27, Holotype of Cymopolia obesa A. Milne Edwards, 1880
Rathbun 1918, page 205, Voucher of Cymopolia obesa A. Milne Edwards, 1880
Media type: text; Milne-Edwards 1880 Description: Etudes preliminaires sur les Crustaces;

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Media type: text; Rathbun 1918 Description: The Grapsoid Crabs of America;

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  • station number: 36

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-11-17
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-11-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) 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 2023-11-17
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-07-12
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • State/Province:
  • Yucatan
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • North of Alacran Reef, Campeche Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mexico, Yucatan, North of Alacran Reef, Campeche Bay
  • Depth:
  • 84 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.2166666°, -89.266666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1878-01-19 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (23° 13′ 0″ N  89° 16′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1878-01-19 / 1878-02-24
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 19-24, 1878
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

  • None

Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology CRU-6476; CRU-6477; CRU-6478; CRU-6479; CRU-6480; CRU-6481; CRU-6482; CRU-6483; CRU-6484; CRU-6485; CRU-6486; CRU-6487; CRU-6488; CRU-6489; CRU-6490; CRU-6491; CRU-6492; CRU-6493; CRU-6494; CRU-6495; CRU-6496; CRU-6497; CRU-6498; CRU-6499; CRU-6500 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Crustacea 005976-011900, pg.21;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:CRU-6476 Chasmocarcinus typicus Syntype...

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