MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-502

Circeaster americanus (A.H.Clark, 1916)

Paratype of Circeaster occidentalis

Date Collected:

1880-01-01/1880-11-01

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Belize | northeast of Ambergris Cay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-502 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: XVIII

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 2021-08-09
Remarks: Localities vetted

  • None

  • None

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Belize
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • northeast of Ambergris Cay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • northeast of Ambergris Cay, British Honduras
  • Depth:
  • 600 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 18.3416666°, -87.277777° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1880-02-01 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (18° 20′ 30″ N  87° 16′ 40″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1880-01-01 / 1880-11-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 1880
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
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