MCZ Invertebrate Zoology HOL-1581

Colochirus quadrangularis Troschel, 1846

Holotype of Pentacta coerulea var. rubra

Date Collected:

1929-09-29

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Western Australia | Broome

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:HOL-1581 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology HOL-1581 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Colochirus quadrangularis Troschel, 1846 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Dendrochirotida Cucumariidae
Common Name(s): thorny sea cucumber
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Pentacta coerulea var. rubra Hubert Lyman Clark, 1938
Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Dendrochirotida Cucumariidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon on 1929-09-29
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1938, page 451, Holotype of Pentacta coerulea var. rubra Hubert Lyman Clark, 1938 plate 16 figure 5
Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal: tissue (microscope slide) fair in collection 1 History
Remarks: Bodywall w/ feet ossicles-returned by Dave Pawson March 2019
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: dermis; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-01-10
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-01-10   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: 2 specimens in container, only 1 is the TYPE

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

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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:
  • Broome
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Broome far out on a jetty flat
  • Habitat Description:
  • far out on jetty flat
  • Georeference:
  • -17.971382°, 122.241280° (Error radius: 2672m) By: Jennifer Goldstein on 2020-02-27 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1929-09-29
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Sept. 5 1929
  • Collector:
  • Carnegie Australian Harvard Expedition

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology HOL-1581 Description: MCZ Marine Invertebrates Holothuroidea Cards;

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