MCZ Invertebrate Zoology HOL-1015

Holothuria (Microthele) fuscopunctata Jaeger, 1833

Date Collected:

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:HOL-1015 Holothuria (Microthele) fuscopunctata Holotype

Current Identification

Holothuria (Microthele) fuscopunctata Jaeger, 1833

Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Holothuriidae

Determiner: [no agent data]

Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS

Previous Identification

Holothuria axiologa Hubert Lyman Clark, 1921

Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Holothuriidae

in 1921

Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1921, page 176, Holotype of Holothuria axiologa Hubert Lyman Clark, 1921 plate 38 figures 1-13

Shows Publication: Clark 1921 Description: Echinoderm Fauna of Torres Strait

Part	Condition	Disposition	Count
partial animal: tissue (70% ethanol)	unknown	on loan	<1	History
Remarks: To be used for ossicle preparation on microscope slide
tissue (95% ethanol)	good	in collection	1	History (3)
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-01-10
subsampled by = Nina Black determined date=2023-01-06 determined by=Nina Black
whole animal (70% ethanol)	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	2023-01-10
associated grant	Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn)	By: Adam J. Baldinger	2023-03-23

Specific Locality:
Torres Strait, Murray Island (Mer), northwestern reef
Verbatim Locality:
Torres Strait: Murray Islands, Mer, off NW reef
Depth:
18 fms
Georeference:
-9.9093270°, 144.028234° (Error radius: 1126m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-01 (Source: GEOLocate)
Datum:
WGS84
Coordinates Entered As:
decimal degrees
Collecting Source:
wild caught
Collected On:
1913-10-03
Verbatim Date:
October 3, 1913
Collectors:
Hubert Lyman Clark ; Carnegie Expedition to the Torres Strait