MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-41

Plutonaster agassizi Verrill, 1880

Syntype of Archaster Agassizii

Date Collected:

1880-10-01/1880-10-03

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest | [coordinate data only]

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology AST-41 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology AST-41   Description: whole body;  Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Plutonaster agassizi Verrill, 1880 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Paxillosida Astropectinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Archaster Agassizii Verrill, 1880
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Valvatida Archasteridae
Determiner: Addison Emery Verrilllinked data icon in 1880
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Verrill 1880 Description: Notice of the remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the outer banks off the souther coast of New England;

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Shows Publication: Verrill 1880 Description: Notice of the remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the outer banks off the souther coast of New England

  • station number: 892

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 2022-12-02
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-18   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 3 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-12-02
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Adam J. Baldinger 2023-03-23

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [unknown]
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8748 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Block Island Soundings
  • Depth:
  • 372 - 487 fms
  • Habitat Description:
  • mud, fine sand, small stones
  • Georeference:
  • 39.7666666°, -71.083333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1800-10-01 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • degrees dec. minutes (39° 46.000000′ N  71° 5.00000000′ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • Large Beam Trawl
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1880-10-01 / 1880-10-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 1 - 3, 1880
  • Collector:
  • Steamer Fish Hawk

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  • [Masked]