MCZ Invertebrate Zoology HOL-722

Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835)

Syntype of Holothuria vagabunda

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1867-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: United States: Hawaii: Hawaiian Islands | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:HOL-722 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology HOL-722 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology HOL-722 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Holothuriidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: WoRMs synonym; revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Holothuria vagabunda Selenka, 1867 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Holothuriidae
Determiner: Emil Selenka in 1867
Nature of ID: type ID

Selenka 1867, page 334, Syntype of Holothuria vagabunda Selenka, 1867 plate XIX figs. 75-76
Media type: text; Selenka 1867 Description: <b>Beiträge Zur Anatomie Und Systematik der Holothurien</b>;

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Shows Publication: Selenka 1867 Description: Beiträge Zur Anatomie Und Systematik der Holothurien

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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
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-01-31
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-01-31   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) fair in collection 12 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Adam J. Baldinger 2023-03-23
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-01-31

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Hawaii
  • Island Group:
  • Hawaiian Islands
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Sandwich Islands
  • Locality Remarks:
  • This is a marine locality. -ARivera Apr2020
  • Georeference:
  • 21.0150000°, -156.76583° (Error radius: 397210m) By: Alana Rivera on 2020-04-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1867-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology HOL-722; HOL-730; HOL-731 Description: MCZ Marine Invertebrates Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Holothuriidae Cards;

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Ledger Entry for: 3 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:HOL-722 Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leuc...

Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology HOL-722; HOL-730; HOL-731 Description: MCZ Marine Invertebrates Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Holothuriidae Cards;

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Ledger Entry for: 3 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:HOL-722 Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leuc...

Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology HOL-722; HOL-723; HOL-724; HOL-725; HOL-726; HOL-727 Description: MCZ Marine Invertebrates Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Holothuriidae Cards;

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Ledger Entry for: 6 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:HOL-722 Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leuc...

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