MCZ Invertebrate Zoology HOL-761

Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) hilla Lesson, 1830

Syntype of Stichopus gyrifer

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1867-12-31

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western: Tanzania: Zanzibar | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:HOL-761

Collection: Invertebrate Zoology
Catalog Number: HOL-761
GUID: MCZ:IZ:HOL-761

Current Identification

Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) hilla Lesson, 1830

Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Holothuriidae

Determiner: [no agent data]

Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Remarks: WoRMs synonomy; revised taxonomy fide WoRMS

Previous Identification

Stichopus gyrifer Selenka, 1867

Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Stichopodidae

Determiner: [no agent data]

Nature of ID: expert ID

Selenka 1867, page 319, Syntype of Stichopus gyrifer Selenka, 1867

Deichmann 1938, page 371, Voucher of Stichopus gyrifer Selenka, 1867

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

Media type: text; Deichmann 1938 Description: <b>Holothurians from the Western Coasts of Lower California and Central America, and from the Galapagos Islands</b>;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Deichmann 1938 Description: Holothurians from the Western Coasts of Lower California and Central America, and from the Galapagos Islands

other number: 130

Part	Condition	Disposition	Count
partial animal: tissue (70% ethanol)	unknown	on loan	<1	History
Remarks: To be used for ossicle preparation on microscope slide
whole animal (70% ethanol)	fair	in collection	1	History (3)

Attribute	Value	Determination	On
associated grant	Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn)	By: Adam J. Baldinger	2023-03-23

from same lot as MCZ:IZ:HOL-1401
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Ocean:
Indian Ocean
Ocean Region:
Indian Ocean, Western
Country:
Tanzania
State/Province:
Zanzibar
Sovereign Nation:
Tanzania, United Republic of

Specimens with same Higher Geography

Specimens from the same Locality

Specimens from the same Collecting Event

Specific Locality:
[no specific locality data]
Verbatim Locality:
Zanzibar area
Georeference:
-6.1238240°, 39.3375170° (Error radius: 46495m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce 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]