MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-2179

Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881)

Syntype of Archaster coronatus

Date Collected:

1877-12-01/1878-03-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Caribbean Sea: Cuba | off Bahia Honda

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-2179 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology AST-2179 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Notomyotida Benthopectinidae
Determiner: Ailsa M. Clark on 1954-01-02
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Archaster coronatus Perrier, 1884 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Archasteridae
Determiner: Edmond Perrier in 1884
Nature of ID: type ID

Perrier 1884, page 262, Syntype of Archaster coronatus Perrier, 1884
Clark 1981, page 100, Voucher of Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881) Fig 2e
Jangoux 2022, page 278, Additional Material of Archaster coronatus Perrier, 1884 doi: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11 linked data icon
Media type: text; Perrier 1884 Description: Mémoire sur Les Étoiles de Mer;

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Media type: text; Clark 1981 Description: Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 1. Family Benthopectinidae;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1981 Description: Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 1. Family Benthopectinidae

  • station number: 19

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) fair in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-12-02
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-29   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 3 History (3)
Remarks: two arm fragments included

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-12-02
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-12
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Bahia Honda
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Bahia Honda, Cuba
  • Depth:
  • 310 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.0500000°, -83.175000° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1877-12-31 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (23° 3′ 0″ N  83° 10′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1877-12-01 / 1878-03-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • December 1877-March 1878
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology AST-2179 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Asteroidea Benthopectinidae cards;

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