MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-2427

Brisinga variispina Ludwig, 1905

Syntype of Brisinga variispina

Date Collected:

1899-10-28

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: French Polynesia: Tuamotu Archipelago | Marokau Atoll, 6 km NE of NW Point of Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-2427 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology AST-2427 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:AST-2427 Brisinga variispina Syntype Description

Current Identification
Brisinga variispina Ludwig, 1905 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Brisingida Brisingidae
Determiner: Hubert Ludwig in 1905
Nature of ID: type ID

Ludwig 1905, page 249, Syntype of Brisinga variispina Ludwig, 1905
Media type: image; Ludwig 1905 Description: Beschreibungen Der Asteroiden;

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Shows Publication: Ludwig 1905 Description: Beschreibungen Der Asteroiden

  • donor number: 34335
  • station number: 3689

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) poor; broken in many pieces in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: Partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-01-10
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-12-16   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken 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 2023-01-10
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Adam J. Baldinger 2023-03-23

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • French Polynesia
  • Island Group:
  • Tuamotu Archipelago
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • France
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Marokau Atoll, 6 km NE of NW Point of Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Paumotu Islands., N. W. Pt. Marokau, N. 40d, E. 4 M
  • Depth:
  • 807 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -18.033333°, -142.28333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1899-10-28 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • degrees dec. minutes (18° 2.000000′ S  142° 17.00000000′ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • Tangles
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1899-10-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 28 Oct 1899
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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