MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 151075

Solaster namakae Mah, 2022

Holotype of Solaster namakae

Date Collected:

2018-09-23

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: United States: Hawaii: Hawaiian Islands | Hawaii

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Asteroidea Ambuloasteroidea Neoasteroidea Valvatida Solasteridae
Determiner: Christopher MahORCID iD icon
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Solasteridae Viguier, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida
Common Name(s): sun stars
Nature of ID: field ID

Mah 2022, page 65, Holotype of Solaster namakae Mah, 2022 doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5164.1.1 linked data icon
Table 1; Fig. 22

  • cruise number: NA101-Hawaii
  • dive number: H1720
  • station number: NA101-048

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (95% ethanol) good deaccessioned - gift <1 History (4)
Remarks: arm tip from specimen B. Returned from Loan 2019-8-IZ (7 June 2019). Sent on loan Anders Garm (Loan 2019-37-IZ).
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 1 History (3)
Remarks: B

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 2022-11-21

  • Eventlog description=Solasteridae? sea star, unknown sp., maybe new genus Wetlab description= (Solasteridae sea star, ~15 cm WetLab Description Subsample= Whole specimen Subsample Biometrics= N/A Storage= medium whirl bag at 4 degrees

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Hawaii
  • Island Group:
  • Hawaiian Islands
  • Specific Locality:
  • Hawaii
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Hawaii
  • Depth:
  • 1979.44 m
  • Georeference:
  • 27.0302585°, -168.49559° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: E/V Nautilus-101, Ocean Exploration Trust on 2018-09-23 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • ROV grab- Hercules/Argus
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 2018-09-23
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 2018-09-23
  • Time Collected:
  • T21:56:47.988Z
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Temp=1.88deg C, Salinity=34.5974psu, Oxygen=95.6(μmoles/L), Corrected O2 data=77.7578
  • Collector:
  • E/V Nautilus-101, Ocean Exploration Trust

  • None

  • None

  • Deaccessioned