MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2926

Astrophyton australe Verrill, 1874

Syntype of Astrophyton australe

Date Collected:

1874/1875

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Tasmania | Pearson's Point, D'Entrecasteaux Channe

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2926 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Astrophyton australe Verrill, 1874
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Gorgonocephalidae
Determiner: Addison Emery Verrilllinked data icon in 1876
Nature of ID: type ID

Verrill 1875, page 74, Syntype of Astrophyton australe Verrill, 1874
Media type: text; Verrill 1875 Description: Annelids and Echinoderms;

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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 by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good 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, Eastern
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • Island:
  • Tasmania
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Pearson's Point, D'Entrecasteaux Channe
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Pearson's Point, D'entricasteaux Channel, Tasmania
  • Depth:
  • 7 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -43.259998°, 147.259995° (Error radius: 2120m) By: Penny Benson on 2022-01-03 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1874-01-01 / 1875-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1874-1875
  • Collectors:
  • Ralph Chandler; American Transit of Venus Expedition

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