Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2875: Asteronyx loveni

Azuero Peninsula, Punta Mala, SE of
Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Gulf of Panama: Panama
10 Mar 1891
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Identifications

Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Asteronychidae Asteronyx loveni

Identified by World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Asteronyx dispar Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Asteronychidae Asteronyx dispar

Identified by Christian Lutken
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Identification made date: 1899

Citations

Lutken and Mortensen 1899, Page 185, Syntype of Asteronyx dispar

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Media Details
MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Pacific Ocean
Country:	Panama
Specific Locality:	Azuero Peninsula, Punta Mala, SE of
Verbatim Locality:	Gulf of Panama: Azuero Peninsula, Punta Mala, SE of
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	1020 fms
Coordinates:	7° 15´ 0´´ N 79° 36´ 0´´ W (Datum: unknown)
	[no agent data]; 1891-03-10; Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross
Collecting Date:	10 Mar 1891

Collectors

USFC Steamer Albatross

Identifiers

station number: 3393

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (70% ethanol)	good	in collection	1

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