MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-2772

Gymnanthenea laevis H.L. Clark, 1938

Holotype of Gymnanthenea laevis

Date Collected:

1913/1915

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Western Australia | Abrolohos Islands

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology AST-2772 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:AST-2772 Gymnanthenea laevis Holotype Description

Current Identification
Gymnanthenea laevis H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Oreasteridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1938, page 108, Holotype of Gymnanthenea laevis H.L. Clark, 1938 plate 19, figs. 4,5
Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV

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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 2022-12-13
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-12-02   determined by=Nina Black  
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: Adam J. Baldinger 2023-03-23
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-12-13

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Western Australia
  • Specific Locality:
  • Abrolohos Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • W. Australia: Abrolohos Is., Wallaby group
  • Habitat Description:
  • on shore
  • Georeference:
  • -28.725114°, 113.772848° (Error radius: 56603m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-01 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1913-01-01 / 1915-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Percy Sladen Expeditions to the Abrolhos Islands

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