MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CRU-3257

Miersia Agassizii S. I. Smith, 1882

Syntype of Miersia Agassizii

Date Collected:

1880-07-16

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States | [coordinate data only]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:CRU-3257 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology CRU-3257 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Miersia Agassizii S. I. Smith, 1882
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Caridea Oplophoridae
Determiner: Sidney I. Smith in 1882
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne Edwards, 1881
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Caridea Oplophoroidea Oplophoridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS

Smith 1882, page 67, Syntype of Miersia Agassizii S. I. Smith, 1882 Plate 101, figure 5-7 ; plate 12, figures 1-4
Media type: text; Smith 1882 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. X no. 1;

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Shows Publication: Smith 1882 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. X no. 1

  • station number: 330

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: 4th leg on R side; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-09-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-09-19   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-20
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-09-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 1047 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 31.6833333°, -74.583333° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1880-07-16 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (31° 41′ 0″ N  74° 35′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1880-07-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July 16, 1880
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology CRU-3251; CRU-3252; CRU-3253; CRU-3254; CRU-3255; CRU-3256; CRU-3257; CRU-3258; CRU-3259; CRU-3260; CRU-3261; CRU-3262; CRU-3263; CRU-3264; CRU-3265; CRU-3266; CRU-3267; CRU-3268; CRU-3269; CRU-3270; CRU-3271; CRU-3272; CRU-3273; CRU-3274; CRU-3275 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Crustacea 000001-005975, pg.133;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:CRU-3251 Dichelopandalus leptocerus to M...

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