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1937.6.18.216

Classification
Scientific name: Mabahissaster zengi Macan, 1938
Author: Macan, 1938
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Goniasteridae
Genus: Mabahissaster
Species: zengi
Higher classification: Animalia; Echinodermata; Asterozoa; Asteroidea; Ambuloasteroidea; Neoasteroidea; Valvatacea; Valvatida; Goniasteridae
Location
Locality: Zanzibar area
Minimum depth(m): 212
Collection event
Expedition: John Murray Investigations
Identification
Identified by: Macan
Type status: holotype
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Mabahissaster zengi Macan, 1938 Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1937.6.18.216
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Deuterostome Invertebrates
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3656251
Registration code: EC01
Preservative: IMS
Kind of collection: wet
Individual count: 1
Life stage: adult
Zoology
Barcode: 011047487
Record
Occurrence ID: 69141d43-99cf-4a46-a0c7-55b38905402a
Modified: 2022-04-06T11:53:43+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T23:06:59+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T23:06:59+00:00
Last updated 2022-04-06T11:53:43+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