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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 30391

Homarus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Date Collected:

1852-07

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: United States | USA, Massachusetts, Essex, Kettle Cove, Manchester, North Shore of Massachusetts Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:30391 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Homarus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 linked data icon
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Multicrustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Eucarida Decapoda Pleocyemata Astacidea Nephropoidea Nephropidae
Common Name(s): American lobster
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: One chela (unsure if right or left).

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  • Claw formally on exhibit.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Country:
  • United States
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/25365 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • USA, Massachusetts, Essex, Kettle Cove, Manchester, North Shore of Massachusetts Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Massachusetts, Essex, Kettle Cove, Manchester, North Shore of Massachusetts Bay
  • Georeference:
  • 42.5772870, -70.731638 (Error radius: 321m) By: Jennifer Goldstein on 2020-05-04 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1852-07-01 / 1852-07-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July 1852
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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