MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-214

Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881)

Syntype of Archaster mirabilis

Date Collected:

1879-02-23

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Grenadines | off Canouan

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-214 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology AST-214 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:AST-214 Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis Syntype

Current Identification
Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Notomyotida Benthopectinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Archaster mirabilis Perrier, 1881 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Archasteridae
Determiner: Edmond Perrier in 1881
Nature of ID: type ID

Perrier 1881, page 27, Syntype of Archaster mirabilis Perrier, 1881
Media type: text; Perrier 1881 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. IX no. 1;

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Shows Publication: Perrier 1881 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. IX no. 1

  • station number: 238

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-18
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-15   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection ca.85 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-18
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Adam J. Baldinger 2023-03-23

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • State/Province:
  • Grenadines
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Canouan
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Canouan
  • Depth:
  • 127 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 12.7694444°, -61.393055° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-02-23 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (12° 46′ 10″ N  61° 23′ 35″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-02-23
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 23, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • None

  • [Masked]
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