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    Specimen Jul 13, 1885

    Porania insignis

    United States of America
    Syntype
    collections.peabody.yale.edu

    Record

    GrSciColl institution
    75f50140-830d-4630-a290-3d6e951a7c29
    Dataset
    Invertebrate Zoology Division, Yale Peabody Museum
    Basis of record
    Preserved specimen
    Dynamic properties
    {
  "irn": "540046",
  "solr_long_lat": "-65.7417,41.8083"
}

    Taxon

    Scientific name
    Porania insignis
    Higher classification
    Animalia; Echinodermata; Asterozoa; Stelleroidea; Asteroidea; Spinulosida; Leptognathina; Poraniidae
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Echinodermata
    Class
    Stelleroidea
    Order
    Spinulosida
    Family
    Poraniidae
    Subgenus
    Porania
    Infraspecific epithet
    insignis
    Rank
    Species
    Vernacular name
    sea stars; echinoderms; animals
    Nomenclatural code
    ICZN
    Taxon remarks
    Animals and Plants: Invertebrates - Other
    Scientific name authorship
    Verrill
    GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

    Porania insignis Verrill, 1895

    KingdomAnimaliaPhylumEchinodermataClassAsteroideaOrderValvatidaFamilyPoraniidaeGenusPoraniaSpeciesPorania pulvillusSubspeciesPorania pulvillus insignisenums.taxonRank.null
    Synonymaccepted name: Porania pulvillus insignis Verrill, 1895
    Catalogue of Life

    Porania (Chondraster) insignis Verrill, 1895

    DomainEukaryotaKingdomAnimaliaPhylumEchinodermataSubphylumAsterozoaClassAsteroideaSubclassAmbuloasteroideaInfraclassNeoasteroideaSuperorderValvataceaOrderValvatidaFamilyPoraniidaeGenusPoraniaSubgenusPoraniaSpeciesPorania pulvillusSubspeciesPorania pulvillus insignisenums.taxonRank.null
    Synonymaccepted name: Porania (Porania) pulvillus insignis Verrill, 1895
    Type status
    • Syntype
    Identification references
    Verrill, Addison E. 1895. Distribution of the echinoderms of northeastern America. (Brief contributions to zoology 58). American Journal of Science 49: 127-141.

    Location

    Higher geography
    • North America; Atlantic Ocean; USA
    Country or area
    United States of America
    Country coordinate mismatchInferred
    Water body
    Atlantic Ocean
    Locality
    off Continental Shelf. E of Georges Bank
    Decimal latitude
    41.808
    Country coordinate mismatch
    Decimal longitude
    -65.742
    Country coordinate mismatch
    Coordinate uncertainty in metres
    1,851
    Georeference protocol
    physical resource
    Georeference sources
    US Fish Commission
    Georeference remarks
    radius inferred 2024-01-04 from provided coordinates
    Depth
    203
    Inferred
    Depth accuracy
    0
    Inferred
    Verbatim depth
    111-111 fm
    Geodetic datum
    WGS84
    Country coordinate mismatch
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    Occurrence

    Occurrence ID
    urn:uuid:58c38525-8bc5-4707-acb4-effd9168277c
    Catalogue number
    YPM IZ 009868.EC
    Recorded by
    • U.S. Fish Comm. Stmr. Albatross
    Individual count
    2
    Sex
    Occurrence status
    Present
    Occurrence status inferred from individual countInferred
    Preparations
    • dry
    Disposition
    in collection
    Associated references
    SYNTYPE. See: Verrill, Addison E. 1895. Distribution of the echinoderms of northeastern America. (Brief contributions to zoology 58). American Journal of Science 49: 127-141.
    Occurrence remarks
    IZ number 9868; lot count 2
    Event date
    1885-07-13
    Previous identifications
    Porania insignis

    Other

    Record licence
    CC0 1.0
    Altered
    http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    original
    Institution code
    YPM
    Institution match fuzzyInstitution collection mismatch
    Owner institution code
    YPM
    Institution match fuzzyInstitution collection mismatch
    Collection code
    IZ
    Dataset ID
    • 1
    Access rights
    Open Access, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/; see Yale Peabody policies at: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/8931zqj
    Bibliographic citation
    Porania insignis (YPM IZ 009868.EC)
    Identifier
    urn:uuid:58c38525-8bc5-4707-acb4-effd9168277c
    Modified
    2025-02-12T15:02:44Z
    Altered
    2025-02-12T15:02:44.000Z
    original
    References
    Rights holder
    Yale Peabody Museum
    GBIF ID
    1039246401

    Citation

    Please use this citation in publications
    Motz G (2025). Invertebrate Zoology Division, Yale Peabody Museum. Yale University Peabody Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/0lkr3w accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-08. https://gbif.org/occurrence/1039246401
    API access
    Dataset
    Invertebrate Zoology Division, Yale Peabody Museum
    Publisher
    Yale University Peabody Museum
    Last crawled
    2025-08-04T13:16:34.820