MCZ Invertebrate Zoology ECH-3015

Agassizia excentrica A. Agassiz, 1869

Syntype of Agassizia excentrica

Date Collected:

1868-01-01/1868-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: United States: Florida: Monroe | off Dry Tortugas

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology ECH-3015 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology ECH-3015 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Agassizia excentrica A. Agassiz, 1869 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Echinoidea Spatangoida Prenasteridae
Determiner: Alexander Agassizlinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; de Pourtales and Agassiz 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 9;

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Shows Publication: de Pourtales and Agassiz 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 9

  • other number: 1152

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: test fragment; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-03-17
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-03-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) 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 2023-03-17

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
  • County:
  • Monroe
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Dry Tortugas
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Florida: off Tortugas
  • Locality Remarks:
  • georeferenced to general marine areas off Dry Tortugas National Park
  • Georeference:
  • 24.6273940°, -82.916789° (Error radius: 62862m) By: Adam J. Baldinger on 2020-05-06 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1868-01-01 / 1868-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1868
  • Collectors:
  • Louis F. Pourtales; US Coast Survey, 1867-1871

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