MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-217

Cheiraster (Christopheraster) 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-217 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: 290

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection ca.30 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:
  • 73 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 13.1983333°, -59.645833° (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° 11′ 54″ N  59° 38′ 45″ 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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