MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 129777

Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881)

Paralectotype of Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis  
  Syntype of Archaster mirabilis

Date Collected:

1879-01-14

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Saint Kitts and Nevis | St. Kitts

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:129777 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Notomyotida Benthopectinidae
Determiner: Ailsa M. Clark in 1981
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Archaster mirabilis Perrier, 1881 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Archasteridae
Determiner: Thomas Lyman in 1881
Nature of ID: type ID

Perrier 1881, page 27, Syntype of Archaster mirabilis Perrier, 1881
Clark 1981, page 100, Paralectotype of Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881) per Ailsa M. Clark - referenced as Paratype
Media type: text; Perrier 1881 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. IX no. 1;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

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

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

  • station number: 148

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) fair in collection 1 History
Remarks: fragments included

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-22
Remarks: Localities vetted

  • original lot included Holotype and Paratype - all documentation included with Holotype (AST-10)

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • St. Kitts
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off St. Kitts
  • Depth:
  • 208 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 17.2866666°, -62.778611° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-01-14 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (17° 17′ 12″ N  62° 46′ 43″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-01-14
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 14, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
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