MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-2170

Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840

Date Collected:

1912-01-01/1912-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Caribbean Sea: Jamaica | Montego Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-2170 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Ophidiasteridae
Common Name(s): Comet Star
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy
Remarks: labeled as Linckia guildingii

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection >28 History
Remarks: 28 whole animals in various stages of regrowth; 15 single arms

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Adam J. Baldinger 2023-03-23

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  • Card read: "Large adult, comet young." in Remarks.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Jamaica
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Montego Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Montego Bay, Jamaica
  • Georeference:
  • 18.4692060°, -77.931104° (Error radius: 825m) By: Penny Benson on 2018-05-18 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1912-01-01 / 1912-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1912
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Under fragments of coral rock on reefs at Jamaica: Montego Bay
  • Collector:
  • Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon

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