MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-2300

Aquilonastra anomala (H.L. Clark, 1921)

Holotype of Asterina anomala

Date Collected:

1913-10-06

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Australia: Queensland | Torres Strait, Murray Islands (Mer)

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-2300 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology AST-2300 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology AST-2300 Description: whole body; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology AST-2300 Description: whole body; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Aquilonastra anomala (H.L. Clark, 1921) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Asterinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Asterina anomala HL Clark, 1921 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Asteroidea Valvatida Asterinidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1921
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1921, page 95, Holotype of Asterina anomala HL Clark, 1921 plate 7 figure 8 ; plate 23 figure 5 ; plate 26 figures 2 and 3
Media type: text; Clark 1921 Description: Echinoderm Fauna of Torres Strait;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1921 Description: Echinoderm Fauna of Torres Strait

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-12-02
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-18   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-12-02
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Adam J. Baldinger 2023-03-23

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  • original of Mr. Grosse's fig 54

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Queensland
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Torres Strait, Murray Islands (Mer)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Murray Is.: Mer
  • Habitat Description:
  • crevice in a coral fragment
  • Georeference:
  • -9.9186030°, 144.049390° (Error radius: 3979m) By: Penny Benson on 2020-12-10 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1913-10-06
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 6, 1913
  • Collector:
  • Carnegie Expedition to the Torres Strait

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