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 4
Collection Date2016-07-07
Collecting Sourcenot provided

Tissue

GGBN IDhttp://devportal.ggbn.org/ggbndev_portal/3445D8
GUID/Occurrence IDurn:catalog:OGL:OGL:A26954
Catalog NumberA26954
Previous IDs,
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 4
Collection Date2016-07-07
Collecting Sourcenot provided

Specimen

GGBN IDhttp://devportal.ggbn.org/ggbndev_portal/35TJ21
GUID/Occurrence IDOGL_MSC_NortheasternUniversity_S23236
Catalog NumberS23236
Previous IDs
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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