MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-1006

Cycethra verrucosa (Philippi, 1857)

Holotype of Parasterina obesa

Date Collected:

1872-04-11/1872-04-26

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Chile | Talcahuano Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-1006 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology AST-1006 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:AST-1006 Cycethra verrucosa Holotype Description

Current Identification
Cycethra verrucosa (Philippi, 1857) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Ganeriidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identifications
Nepanthia obesa HL Clark, 1910
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Asterinidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon
Nature of ID: expert ID
Parasterina obesa HL Clark, 1910 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Asteroidea Valvatida Asterinidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1910
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1910, page 334, Holotype of Parasterina obesa HL Clark, 1910 Plate 3, figures 1 and 2
Media type: text; Clark 1910 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LII no. 17;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1910 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LII no. 17

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-12-13
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-12-06   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Adam J. Baldinger 2023-03-23
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-12-13

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Chile
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Talcahuano Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Talcahuano Bay
  • Georeference:
  • -36.694904°, -73.039776° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1872-04-15 (Source: Google Earth, historical handrawn map by JHBlake, JH Blake journal)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1872-04-11 / 1872-04-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • April 11-26, 1872
  • Collector:
  • Hassler Expedition

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