MCZ Invertebrate Zoology HOL-121

Molpadia spinosa (Ludwig, 1893)

Syntype of Ankyroderma spinosum

Date Collected:

1891-04-22

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central | Mexico: Gulf of California

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology HOL-121 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Molpadia spinosa (Ludwig, 1893) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Molpadiida Molpadiidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2012-09-07
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: WoRMs synonym; revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ankyroderma spinosum Ludwig, 1893 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Molpadiida Molpadiidae
Determiner: Hubert Ludwig in 1894
Nature of ID: type ID

Ludwig 1894, page 171, Syntype of Ankyroderma spinosum Ludwig, 1893 Plate XVII fig 10 ; Plate XVIII figs 1-12
Media type: text; Ludwig 1894 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XVII No. 3;

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Shows Publication: Ludwig 1894 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XVII No. 3

  • station number: 3436

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (microscope slide) good in collection 1 History
tissue (95% ethanol) fair in collection 1 History
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-01-31
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-01-27   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) poor in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-01-31
associated grant Rehousing and Digitization of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Recent Invertebrate Microscope Slide Collections (InSliDE) By: Christopher Haney 2025-01-09
Remarks: microscope slide inventoried, cleaned, barcoded, January 2025
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Adam J. Baldinger 2023-03-23

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [unknown]
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8743 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Mexico: Gulf of California
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Gulf of California
  • Depth:
  • 905 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 27.0611111°, -110.89444° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1891-04-22 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (27° 3′ 40″ N  110° 53′ 40″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-04-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 22 April 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology HOL-121 Description: MCZ Marine Invertebrates Holothuroidea Apodida Molpadiidae Cards;

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