MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-3686

Astropecten sanctaehelenae Mortensen, 1933

Syntype of Astropecten Sanctæ Helenæ

Date Collected:

1930-02

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southeast | St. Helena (off Sea Cow Cove or Flagstaff Bay)

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-3686 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology AST-3686 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Astropecten sanctaehelenae Mortensen, 1933 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Paxillosida Astropectinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Astropecten Sanctæ Helenæ Mortensen, 1933
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Paxillosida Astropectinidae
Determiner: Theodor Mortensen in 1933
Nature of ID: type ID

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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:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southeast
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • St. Helena (off Sea Cow Cove or Flagstaff Bay)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • St. Helena (off Sea Cow Cove or Flagstaff Bay)
  • Depth:
  • 23 fms
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1930-02-01 / 1930-02-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 1930
  • Collectors:
  • Theodor Mortensen; Java-South Africa Expedition 1929-1930

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