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1937.6.18.156-8

Classification
Scientific name: Mediaster murrayi Macan, 1938
Author: Macan, 1938
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Goniasteridae
Genus: Mediaster
Species: murrayi
Higher classification: Animalia; Echinodermata; Asterozoa; Asteroidea; Ambuloasteroidea; Neoasteroidea; Valvatacea; Valvatida; Goniasteridae; Mediasterinae
Location
Locality: Zanzibar area,
Country: Tanzania
Continent: Africa
Higher geography: Africa; Tanzania
Collection event
Expedition: John Murray Expedition
Identification
Type status: SYNTYPE(S)
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Mediaster murrayi Macan, 1938 Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1937.6.18.156-8
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Deuterostome Invertebrates
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3656241
Registration code: EC01
Kind of collection: dry
Individual count: 3
Life stage: adult
Zoology
Barcode: 011047483
Record
Occurrence ID: a42cc4e8-bf63-4224-a860-5a31f78b8168
Modified: 2025-08-28T20:19:23+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T23:06:58+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T23:06:58+00:00
Last updated 2025-08-28T20:19:23+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