MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1061

Ophiopholis japonica Lyman, 1879

Syntype of Ophiopholis japonica

Date Collected:

1875-06-05

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Northwest: Japan | off Yokohama

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1061 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1061 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-1061 Ophiopholis japonica Syntype Description

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1061 Description: Underside view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-1061 Ophiopholis japonica Syntype Description

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1061 Description: Handwritten labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-1061 Ophiopholis japonica Syntype Description

Current Identification
Ophiopholis japonica Lyman, 1879 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1879
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1879, page 42, Syntype of Ophiopholis japonica Lyman, 1879 Plate XIII figs 374-376
Media type: text; Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2

  • station number: 236

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-07   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-07

  • None

  • None

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Country:
  • Japan
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Yokohama
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Yokohama Japan
  • Depth:
  • 420 - 775 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 34.9666666°, 139.500000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1875-06-05 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (34° 58′ 0″ N  139° 30′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1875-06-05
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 5, 1875
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
➤