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1948.3.16.521

Classification
Scientific name: Paralophaster godfroyi meseres Fisher, 1940
Author: Fisher, 1940
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Solasteridae
Genus: Paralophaster
Species: godfroyi
Subspecies: meseres
Higher classification: Animalia; Echinodermata; Asterozoa; Asteroidea; Ambuloasteroidea; Neoasteroidea; Valvatacea; Valvatida; Solasteridae
Location
Locality: Nyiragongo Territory
State province: Kivu
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Continent: Africa
Higher geography: Africa; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Kivu; Nord-Kivu
Decimal latitude: -1.547830
Decimal longitude: 29.251941
Verbatim latitude: 01 32 52.19 S
Verbatim longitude: 029 15 06.99 E
Coordinate uncertainty: 500m
Minimum depth(m): 567.00
Collection event
Expedition: 'Discovery' Investigations
Vessel: Discovery
Identification
Type status: TYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Paralophaster godfroyi meseres Fisher, 1940
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1948.3.16.521
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Deuterostome Invertebrates
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:4151493
Registration code: EC01
Zoology
Barcode: 011046777
Record
Occurrence ID: 98f80be2-598b-43ed-af76-9986ef832305
Modified: 2022-04-27T14:20:58+00:00
Created: 2014-06-10T14:55:33+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2014-06-10T14:55:33+00:00
Last updated 2022-04-27T14:20:58+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