MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2816

Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842

Syntype of Asteronyx dispar

Date Collected:

1891-03-10

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Panama | Gulf of Panama, Azuero Peninsula, Punta Mala, SE of

Current Identification
Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Asteronychidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Asteronyx dispar Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Asteronychidae
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Identification made date: 1899

Media type: text; Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2

  • station number: 3392

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-09-30   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 2 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Panama
  • Specific Locality:
  • Gulf of Panama, Azuero Peninsula, Punta Mala, SE of
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Gulf of Panama
  • Depth:
  • 1270 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 7.09166666°, -79.666666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1891-03-10 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (7° 5′ 30″ N  79° 40′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-03-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 10, 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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