MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-1759

Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758

Date Collected:

1850-01-01/1878-03-18

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: Canada: Nova Scotia | Halifax

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-1759 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Forcipulatida Asteriidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2021-09-21
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: fide WoRMS. Originally ID'ed as Asterias vulgaris.

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 40 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
age class young [no agent data]
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Jennifer Goldstein 2021-09-23

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Country:
  • Canada
  • State/Province:
  • Nova Scotia
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Halifax
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Nova Scotia, Halifax
  • Georeference:
  • 44.6412070°, -63.577341° (Error radius: 10650m) By: Adam J. Baldinger on 2020-05-28 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1850-01-01 / 1878-03-18
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Charles F. Harttlinked data icon

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