MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 127827

Myzostoma testudo Graff, 1883

Syntype of Myzostoma testudo

Date Collected:

1879-03-07

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Barbados | off Barbados

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:127827 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology 127827 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Myzostoma testudo Graff, 1883
Animalia Myzostomida Polychaeta Myzostomida Myzostomatidae
Determiner: L. von Graff in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Graff 1883, page 128, Syntype of Myzostoma testudo Graff, 1883
Media type: text; Graff 1883 Description: Verzeichniss der von den United States Coast Survey Stemers

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Shows Publication: Graff 1883 Description: Verzeichniss der von den United States Coast Survey Stemers "Hassler" und "Blake von 1867 zu 1879 gemmelten Myzostomiden

  • original number: MYZO-12
  • station number: 285

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 2024-02-05
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2024-01-31   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) fair in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-05
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2024-02-05
citation 1883. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 11 (7): 128. [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06
host Actinometra lineata P. H. C. [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Barbados
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Barbados
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Barbados
  • Depth:
  • 13 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 13.0866666°, -59.621666° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1879-03-07 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 5′ 12″ N  59° 37′ 18″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-03-07
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 7, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]
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