MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-3985

Circeaster americanus (A.H.Clark, 1916)

Paratype of Circeaster occidentalis

Date Collected:

1939-05-10

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | off Bahia Cardenas

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-3985 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Circeaster americanus (A.H.Clark, 1916) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Goniasteridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Circeaster occidentalis H.L. Clark, 1941 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Goniasteridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1941
Nature of ID: type ID

  • station number: 3474

Part Condition Disposition Count
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

  • None

  • None

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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:
  • off Bahia Cardenas
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba: off Bahia Cardenas
  • Depth:
  • 490 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.3000000°, -80.766666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1939-05-10 (Source: The Atlantis Expeditions to the West Indies in 1938 and 1939 compiled by Fenner A. Chace, Jr.)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • degrees dec. minutes (23° 18.000000′ N  80° 46.00000000′ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • Blake trawl, 10 ft.
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1939-05-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 10, 1939
  • Collectors:
  • Harvard-Havana Expedition; RV Atlantis

  • None

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

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: MCZ:IZ:AST-3985 Circeaster americanus Paratype Description

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

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

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