MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-3546

Astropecten armatus Gray, 1840

Date Collected:

1938-03-11

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Mexico: Baja California | [coordinate data only]

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Paxillosida Astropectinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

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  • station number: 871-38

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) unchecked unknown 7 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class young [no agent data]
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Jennifer Goldstein 2021-04-16

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • State/Province:
  • Baja California
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • 4 3/4 miles east of South Coronado Island, Mexico
  • Depth:
  • 14 fms
  • Habitat Description:
  • Sand, kelp
  • Georeference:
  • 32.4000000°, -117.15416° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: RV Velero III on 1938-12-31 (Source: Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions - General Account of the Scientific Work of the Velero III in the Eastern Pacific, 1931-41)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (32° 24′ 0″ N  117° 9′ 15″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1938-03-11
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 11. 1938
  • Collectors:
  • Hancock Pacific Expeditions; RV Velero III

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