MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2977

Astracme mucronata (Lyman, 1869)

Holotype of Astrophyton mucronatum

Date Collected:

1869-02-17

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: United States: Florida | Southwest of Sand Key

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2977 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2977 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-2977 Astracme mucronata Holotype Description

Current Identification
Astracme mucronata (Lyman, 1869) 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 mucronatum Lyman, 1869 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Gorgonocephalidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1869
Nature of ID: type ID

de Pourtales and Lyman 1869, page 348, Holotype of Astrophyton mucronatum Lyman, 1869
Media type: text; de Pourtales and Lyman 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10;

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Shows Publication: de Pourtales and Lyman 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-18
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-04   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) 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 2022-11-18

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Southwest of Sand Key
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Southwest of Sand Key
  • Depth:
  • 125 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.3416666°, -81.975000° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1869-02-17 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (24° 20′ 30″ N  81° 58′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1869-02-17
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 17, 1869
  • Collectors:
  • Steamer Bibb; Louis F. Pourtales

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