MCZ Invertebrate Zoology ECH-7196

Ammotrophus arachnoides (H.L. Clark, 1938)

Holotype of Hesperaster arachnoides

Date Collected:

1929-10-19

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Western Australia | Between Rottnest Island and Fremantle

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:ECH-7196 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ammotrophus arachnoides (H.L. Clark, 1938) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Echinoidea Clypeasteroida Clypeasteridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Hesperaster arachnoides H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Echinoidea Clypeasteroida Clypeasteridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1938, page 411, Holotype of Hesperaster arachnoides H.L. Clark, 1938 Plate 27, fig. 2
Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

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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=2023-03-10   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: dissected

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:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Western Australia
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Between Rottnest Island and Fremantle
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Western Australia, between Rottnest Island and Fremantle
  • Depth:
  • 10 - 12 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -30.699346°, 114.139982° (Error radius: 222222m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-09-26 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • dredged
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1929-10-19
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 19, 1929
  • Collector:
  • Beresford E. Bardwell

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