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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-276

Astropecten articulatus (Say, 1825)

Date Collected:

1872

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida | Off Sombrero Key

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-276 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Astropecten articulatus (Say, 1825) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Paxillosida Astropectinidae
Common Name(s): royal sea star
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) broken in collection 2 History
Remarks: some appendages detached

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:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off Sombrero Key
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Fla: Off Sombrero Key
  • Depth:
  • 105 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.5775090, -81.082747 (Error radius: 20436m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-10-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1872-01-01 / 1872-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • <1873
  • Collectors:
  • William Stimpson; Bache Expedition 1872-1874

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