MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CHIL-905

Mecistocephalus breviceps Meinert, 1886

Syntype of Mecistocephalus breviceps

Date Collected:

1800-01-01/1886-12-31

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Nantucket | Nantucket Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:CHIL-905 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Mecistocephalus breviceps Meinert, 1886
Animalia Arthropoda Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Mecistocephalidae
Determiner: Friedrich Wilhelm August Meinert
Nature of ID: type ID

Meinert 1886, page 214, Syntype of Mecistocephalus breviceps Meinert, 1886
Media type: text; Meinert 1886 Description: Myriapoda Musei Canatabrigensis, Mass;

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Shows Publication: Meinert 1886 Description: Myriapoda Musei Canatabrigensis, Mass

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2024-04-09
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2024-04-02   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2024-04-09

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  • Original label reads " Mecistocephalus No. 151 breviceps n. sp. "

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Nantucket
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002705 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Nantucket Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Massachusetts, Nantucket, Nantucket Island
  • Georeference:
  • 41.2855350°, -70.071112° (Error radius: 12435m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-04-10 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1800-01-01 / 1886-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • pre-1886 publication date
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology CHIL-905 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Chilopods cards;

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