MCZ Invertebrate Zoology HOL-114

Molpadia dissimilis Hubert Lyman Clark, 1909

Date Collected:

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:HOL-114 Molpadia dissimilis Syntype Description...

Current Identification

Molpadia dissimilis Hubert Lyman Clark, 1909

Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Molpadiida Molpadiidae

in 1909

Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1909, page 561, Syntype of Molpadia dissimilis Hubert Lyman Clark, 1909 Plate LVIII, figures 12-21

Part	Condition	Disposition	Count
fragment (70% ethanol)	very poor	in collection	1	History
Remarks: original description mentions 3 specimens
tissue (95% ethanol)	good	in collection	1	History
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-01-20
subsampled by = Nina Black determined date=2023-01-13 determined by=Nina Black

Attribute	Value	Determination	On
associated grant	Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR)	By: Nina Black	2023-01-20
associated grant	Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn)	By: Adam J. Baldinger	2023-03-23

Specific Locality:
off Jibbon, N 3-4.5 miles from shore
Verbatim Locality:
New South Wales: off Jibbon, N 3-4.5 miles from shore
Depth:
50 - 66 fms
Georeference:
-34.150000°, 151.233000° (Error radius: 8940m) By: Penny Benson on 2019-02-28 (Source: GEOLocate)
Datum:
WGS84
Coordinates Entered As:
decimal degrees
Collecting Source:
wild caught
Collected On:
1898-03-16
Verbatim Date:
March 16, 1898
Collector:
HMCS Thetis