MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-3123

Astropecten pulcherrimus H.L. Clark, 1938

Holotype of Astropecten pulcherrimus

Date Collected:

1932-06-10

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Western Australia | Lagrange Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-3123 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology AST-3123 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Astropecten pulcherrimus H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Paxillosida Astropectinidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1938, page 68, Holotype of Astropecten pulcherrimus H.L. Clark, 1938 plate 1 figure 2
Media type: text; 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=2022-12-09   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
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
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Lagrange Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • NW Australia: La Grange Bay
  • Depth:
  • 5 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -18.631781°, 121.681501° (Error radius: 8592) By: Penny Benson on 2014-06-27 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1932-06-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1932-6-10
  • Collectors:
  • Harvard Australian Expedition 1931-1932; Norman Whitworth

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology AST-3123; AST-3125 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Asteroidea Astrospectinidae cards;

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Ledger Entry for: 2 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:AST-3123 Astropecten pulcherrimus Holoty...

Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology AST-3123; AST-3124; AST-3125 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Asteroidea Astrospectinidae cards;

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Ledger Entry for: 3 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:AST-3123 Astropecten pulcherrimus Holoty...

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