tissue | specimen
Asterias forbesi (Desor, 1848)
Animalia > Echinodermata > Asteroidea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae > Asterias

Identification

Accepted NameAsterias forbesi (Desor, 1848)
TaxonomyAnimalia > Echinodermata > Asteroidea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae > Asterias
Name According toCatalogue of Life
Original NameAsterias forbesi
Taxonomy Original NameAnimalia > Echinodermata > Asteroidea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae > Asterias > forbesi
Status Original Nameaccepted species
Resolving Stateresolved on species level

Gathering Event

CountryUnited States (Central or North America)
LocalityShag Rocks (diving); Atlantic Ocean
BiotopeSubstrate Type: rock
Collector(s)Brian Helmuth
Collector's numberL00177, organism 1
Collection Date2016-07-07
Collecting Sourcenot provided

Tissue

GGBN IDhttp://devportal.ggbn.org/ggbndev_portal/3445D5
GUID/Occurrence IDurn:catalog:OGL:OGL:A26951
Catalog NumberA26951
Collection CodeOGL
Institution CodeOGL
Institution Full NameOcean Genome Legacy
Record BasisMaterialSample
Sample Typetissue
Establishment Meansnot provided
PreservationFrozen -180 °C

Preparation

Typewhole organism
StaffUnknown

Permits

Status: Permit available
Collecting Permit;Material Transfer Agreement, Please contact OGL for permit information

Ocean Genome Legacy Tissue Collection

DescriptionThe Ocean Genome Legacy Center (OGL) is a nonprofit marine research facility and genome bank dedicated to exploring and preserving the threatened biological diversity of the sea and oversees a collection of annotated and validated samples of genomic DNA and DNA-containing tissues representing a broad cross section of diversity of life in the oceans.
RightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.
CitationAccession ID OGL-#####. The Ocean Genome Legacy Center. Northeastern University. Published on the web at ogl.northeastern.edu/catalog.

Contacts

Director
Daniel Distel, d.distel@northeastern.edu , 430 Nahant Road, MA US, 01908, 617-373-2576
Collections Associate
Hannah Appiah-Madson, oglinfo@northeastern.edu , 430 Nahant Road, MA US, 01908, 617-373-3130
N/A
Abigail Benson, albenson@usgs.gov

Identification

Accepted NameAsterias forbesi (Desor, 1848)
TaxonomyAnimalia > Echinodermata > Asteroidea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae > Asterias
Name According toCatalogue of Life
Original NameAsterias forbesi
Taxonomy Original NameAnimalia > Echinodermata > Asteroidea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae > Asterias > forbesi
Status Original Nameaccepted species
Resolving Stateresolved on species level

Gathering Event

CountryUnited States (Central or North America)
LocalityShag Rocks (diving); Atlantic Ocean
BiotopeSubstrate Type: rock
Collector(s)Brian Helmuth
Collector's numberL00177, organism 1
Collection Date2016-07-07
Collecting Sourcenot provided

Specimen

GGBN IDhttp://devportal.ggbn.org/ggbndev_portal/35TJ1Y
GUID/Occurrence IDOGL_MSC_NortheasternUniversity_S23233
Catalog NumberS23233
Collection CodeOGL
Institution CodeOGL
Institution Full NameOcean Genome Legacy
Record BasisPreservedSpecimen
Sample Typespecimen
Establishment Meansnot provided

Ocean Genome Legacy Collection

DescriptionThe Ocean Genome Legacy Center (OGL) is a nonprofit marine research facility and genome bank dedicated to exploring and preserving the threatened biological diversity of the sea and oversees a collection of annotated and validated samples of genomic DNA and DNA-containing tissues representing a broad cross section of diversity of life in the oceans.
RightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.
CitationAccession ID OGL-#####. The Ocean Genome Legacy Center. Northeastern University. Published on the web at ogl.northeastern.edu/catalog.

Contacts

Director
Daniel Distel, d.distel@northeastern.edu , 430 Nahant Road, MA US, 01908, 617-373-2576
Biologist
Abigail Benson, albenson@usgs.gov , N/A, N/A
N/A
Abigail Benson, albenson@usgs.gov , N/A, N/A
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