MCZ Invertebrate Zoology ECH-7151

Pseudechinus hesperus H.L. Clark, 1938

Holotype of Pseudechinus hesperus

Date Collected:

1929-10-01/1929-10-31

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Western Australia | Rottnest Island

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology ECH-7151 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology ECH-7151 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Pseudechinus hesperus H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Echinoidea Camarodonta Temnopleuridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1938, page 395, Holotype of Pseudechinus hesperus H.L. Clark, 1938 Plate 27, fig. 1
Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: spine; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-03-28
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-03-17   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 2023-03-28

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Western Australia
  • Specific Locality:
  • Rottnest Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Rottnest Id. W. Australia
  • Georeference:
  • -32.004658°, 115.519226° (Error radius: 12728m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-09-26 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1929-10-01 / 1929-10-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 1929
  • Collectors:
  • Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon; Carnegie Australian Harvard Expedition

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