MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-216

Archaster mirabilis Perrier, 1881

Syntype of Archaster mirabilis

Date Collected:

1879-03-09

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Barbados | off Barbados

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-216 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Archaster mirabilis Perrier, 1881 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Archasteridae
Determiner: Edmond Perrier in 1881
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Cheiraster (Christopheraster) blakei A.M.Clark, 1981 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Notomyotida Benthopectinidae
Determiner: Ailsa M. Clark on 1981-10-29
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: note from AM Clark in 1954 says "C. coronatus" which was synonymized with C. mirabilis

Perrier 1881, page 27, Syntype of Archaster mirabilis Perrier, 1881
Clark 1981, page 100, Voucher of Cheiraster (Christopheraster) blakei A.M.Clark, 1981 fig 2 f
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

Media type: text; Clark 1981 Description: Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 1. Family Benthopectinidae;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Clark 1981 Description: Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 1. Family Benthopectinidae

  • station number: 295

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-05
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Barbados
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Barbados
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Barbados
  • Depth:
  • 180 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 13.2383333°, -59.686666° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1879-03-09 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 14′ 18″ N  59° 41′ 12″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-03-09
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 9, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]
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