MCZ Invertebrate Zoology HOL-29

Leptosynapta tenuis (Ayers, 1851)

Date Collected:

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:HOL-29 Leptosynapta tenuis Syntype Description:...

Current Identification

Leptosynapta tenuis (Ayers, 1851)

Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Apodida Synaptidae

Determiner: [no agent data] on 2012-08-09

Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Remarks: WoRMs synonym; revised taxonomy fide WoRMS

Previous Identification

Synapta gracilis Selenka, 1867

Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Apodida Synaptidae

Determiner: Emil Selenka in 1867

Nature of ID: type ID

Selenka 1867, page 363, Syntype of Synapta gracilis Selenka, 1867 plate XX figs 123-124

Shows Publication: Selenka 1867 Description: Beiträge Zur Anatomie Und Systematik der Holothurien

Part	Condition	Disposition	Count
tissue (dry)	fair	in collection	1	History
Remarks: dermis, muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-02-17
subsampled by = Nina Black determined date=2023-02-03 determined by=Nina Black
whole animal (dry)	dried out	in collection	10	History (3)

Attribute	Value	Determination	On
associated grant	Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR)	By: Nina Black	2023-02-17
associated grant	Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn)	By: Adam J. Baldinger	2023-03-23

Specific Locality:
Massachusetts Bay
Verbatim Locality:
Massachusetts Bay
Georeference:
42.3750000°, -70.750000° (Error radius: 33558m) By: Laura Porturas on 2014-10-01 (Source: unknown)
Datum:
WGS84
Coordinates Entered As:
decimal degrees
Collecting Source:
wild caught
Began Date / Ended Date:
1800-01-01 / 1867-01-01
Verbatim Date:
[no verbatim date data]
Collector:
[no agent data]