MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CRI-493

Neocomatella alata (Pourtales, 1878)

Syntype of Antedon alata

Date Collected:

1871-12-29/1871-12-30

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Barbados | off Sandy Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:CRI-493 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology CRI-493 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Neocomatella alata (Pourtales, 1878)
Animalia Echinodermata Crinoidea Comatulida Comatulidina Antedonidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Antedon alata Pourtales, 1878
Animalia Echinodermata Crinoidea Comatulida Comatulidina Antedonidae
Determiner: Louis F. Pourtales
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: date determined: 1878; Identification Made Date: 1878

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 215, Syntype of Antedon alata Pourtales, 1878
Media type: text; Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids;

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-02-17
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-02-10   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good or fragments in collection 2 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-02-17
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, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Barbados
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Sandy Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Sandy Bay, Barbados
  • Depth:
  • 100 fms
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Coordinates based on JH Blake's travel journal.
  • Georeference:
  • 13.0500000°, -59.583333° (Error radius: 2km) By: Penny Benson on 2013-08-14 (Source: Georeferenced based on locality of Sandy Bay, Barbados)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 3′ 0″ N  59° 35′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1871-12-29 / 1871-12-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • December 29-30, 1871
  • Collectors:
  • Louis Agassizlinked data icon; Hassler Expedition

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology CRI-493 Description: MCZ Marine Invertebrates Crinoidea Cards;

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology CRI-493 Description: MCZ Marine Invertebrates Crinoidea Cards;

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology CRI-1080; CRI-188; CRI-1081; CRI-1082; CRI-404; CRI-493 Description: MCZ Marine Invertebrates Crinoidea Cards;

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Ledger Entry for: 6 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:CRI-1080 Neocomatella alata to MCZ:IZ:CRI...

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