MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2900

Astroboa clavata (Lyman, 1861)

Holotype of Astrophyton clavatum

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1862-01-01

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2900 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2900 Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Astroboa clavata (Lyman, 1861) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Gorgonocephalidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Astrophyton clavatum Lyman, 1861 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Gorgonocephalidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1861
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1861, page 85, Holotype of Astrophyton clavatum Lyman, 1861
Media type: text; Lyman 1861 Description: Descriptions of New Ophiuridae;

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Shows Publication: Lyman 1861 Description: Descriptions of New Ophiuridae

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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=2022-09-27   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History

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:
  • 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
  • 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 / 1862-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • A. N. Cheney

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  • [Masked]
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