MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-294

Astropecten polyacanthus Müller & Troschel, 1842

Date Collected:

1861-01-01/1861-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Northwest: South China Sea: China: Hong Kong | off Hong Kong

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-294 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology AST-294

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:AST-294 Astropecten polyacanthus

Current Identification
Astropecten polyacanthus Müller & Troschel, 1842 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Paxillosida Astropectinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

  • None

  • other number: 447

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 35 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Adam J. Baldinger 2023-03-23

  • None

  • Original jar: "A7" in ink on outside (MC Boyett, Oct. 2007)

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Sea:
  • South China Sea
  • Country:
  • China
  • State/Province:
  • Hong Kong
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Hong Kong
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Hong Kong, China
  • Georeference:
  • 22.1837260°, 114.066446° (Error radius: 57799m) By: Alana Rivera on 2025-03-11 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • wild caught
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1861-01-01 / 1861-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1861
  • Collector:
  • William H. A. Putnam

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  • None

  • [Masked]
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