MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-3819

Circeaster americanus (A.H.Clark, 1916)

Holotype of Circeaster occidentalis

Date Collected:

1938-03-14

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | Nicholas Channel, off Puerto Sagua la Grande

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-3819 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology AST-3819 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:AST-3819 Circeaster americanus Holotype Description

Current Identification
Circeaster americanus (A.H.Clark, 1916) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Goniasteridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2021-06-21
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: Source: WoRMS
Previous Identification
Circeaster occidentalis H.L. Clark, 1941 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Goniasteridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: VALID NAME per WoRMs=Circeaster americanus; Identification Made Date: 1941

  • station number: 2990B

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=2022-12-06   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: Penny Benson 2021-06-09
Remarks: Localities vetted
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, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Nicholas Channel, off Puerto Sagua la Grande
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba: Nicholas Channel, off Puerto Sagua la Grande
  • Depth:
  • 415 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.2750000°, -80.200000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1938-03-14 (Source: The Atlantis Expeditions to the West Indies in 1938 and 1939 compiled by Fenner A. Chace, Jr.)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (23° 16′ 30″ N  80° 12′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • 14 ft. Blake Trawl
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1938-03-14
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 14, 1938
  • Collectors:
  • Harvard-Havana Expedition; RV Atlantis

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology AST-3819; AST-3984; AST-3985 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Asteroidea Goniasteridae cards;

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Ledger Entry for: 3 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:AST-3819 Circeaster americanus Holotype ...

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