MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-3865

Astropecten articulatus (Say, 1825)

Date Collected:

1939-04-30

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Caribbean Sea: Cuba | Caibarien

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Paxillosida Astropectinidae
Common Name(s): royal sea star
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

Weber 1968, page 56, Voucher of Astropecten articulatus (Say, 1825) Appendix 1

  • station number: 3420
  • station number: 3422

Part Condition Disposition Count
unknown (dry) unknown unknown 4 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-06-09
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • Specific Locality:
  • Caibarien
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Caibarien, Cuba
  • Depth:
  • 190 - 235 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 22.8166666°, -79.066666° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1939-04-30 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (22° 49′ 0″ N  79° 4′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • Otter trawl 35 ft.
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1939-04-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • April 30, 1939
  • Collectors:
  • RV Atlantis; Harvard-Havana Expedition

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