MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1292

Amphiura bellis Lyman, 1879

Syntype of Amphiura bellis

Date Collected:

1875-05-12

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Northwest: Japan | Off Sagami Bay

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Current Identification
Amphiura bellis Lyman, 1879 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1879, page 19, Syntype of Amphiura bellis Lyman, 1879 Plate XI Figs. 282-284
Media type: text; Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2;

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

  • station number: 232

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-09-27   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 2 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2022-12-08
Remarks: imaged
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Country:
  • Japan
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off Sagami Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Japan: Off Sagami Bay
  • Depth:
  • 345 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 35.1833333°, 139.466666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1875-05-12 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (35° 11′ 0″ N  139° 28′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1875-05-12
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 12, 1875
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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