MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1401

Microphiopholis geminata (Le Conte, 1851)

Syntype of Ophiolepis geminata

Date Collected:

1800-10-01/1851-01-01

Central America | Panama

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1401 Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Microphiopholis geminata (Le Conte, 1851) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-27
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiolepis geminata Le Conte, 1851 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiolepididae
Determiner: John Lawrence LeConte in 1851
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; LeConte 1851 Description: Zoological notes;

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Shows Publication: LeConte 1851 Description: Zoological notes

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) poor in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-04   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-04

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  • Specific Locality:
  • Panama
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Panama
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1800-10-01 / 1851-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • John Lawrence LeConte

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