MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-215

Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881)

Syntype of Archaster mirabilis

Date Collected:

1879-03-03

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Saint Vincent | off Milligan's Key

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-215 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Notomyotida Benthopectinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Archaster mirabilis Perrier, 1881 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Archasteridae
Determiner: Edmond Perrier in 1881
Nature of ID: type ID

Perrier 1881, page 27, Syntype of Archaster mirabilis Perrier, 1881
Media type: text; Perrier 1881 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. IX no. 1;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Perrier 1881 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. IX no. 1

  • station number: 269

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 2 History (3)

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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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Island:
  • Saint Vincent
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Milligan's Key
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off St. Vincent, Milligan's Key
  • Depth:
  • 124 fms
  • Habitat Description:
  • coral bottom
  • Georeference:
  • 13.1319444°, -61.093333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-03-03 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 7′ 55″ N  61° 5′ 36″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-03-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 3, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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