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1890.5.7.119-120

Classification
Scientific name: Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878
Author: Wyville Thomson, 1878
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Paxillosida
Family: Porcellanasteridae
Genus: Porcellanaster
Species: ceruleus
Higher classification: Animalia; Echinodermata; Asterozoa; Asteroidea; Ambuloasteroidea; Neoasteroidea; Valvatacea; Paxillosida; Porcellanasteridae
Location
Locality: Off Delaware
Decimal latitude: 38.5667
Decimal longitude: -72.1667
Verbatim latitude: 38 34 00 N
Verbatim longitude: 072 10 00 W
Minimum depth(m): 2268
Collection event
Expedition: Challenger Expedition
Collection date: 3 / 5 / 1873
Identification
Identified by: Sir Charles Wyville Thomson
Type status: PARATYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878 Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1890.5.7.119-120
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Deuterostome Invertebrates
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3640785
Registration code: AN01
Donor name: Lords of the Treasury
Kind of collection: dry
Individual count: 2
Zoology
Barcode: 011001013
Record
Occurrence ID: 28d8124a-1308-463f-9a27-9310e2afd9aa
Modified: 2022-04-06T11:55:08+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T22:39:47+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T22:39:47+00:00
Last updated 2022-04-06T11:55:08+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb