MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1475

Amphioplus (Unioplus) patulus (Lyman, 1879)

Syntype of Amphiura patula

Date Collected:

1874-02-26

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern: Antarctica | off Kaiser Wilhelm II Land

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1475 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1475 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1475 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1475 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Amphioplus (Unioplus) patulus (Lyman, 1879) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Amphiura patula Lyman, 1879 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1879, page 31, Syntype of Amphiura patula Lyman, 1879 Plate XXXI Figs 335-337
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: 156

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor (missing arms) in collection 1 History
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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-03-13
Remarks: Lot photographed
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern
  • Country:
  • Antarctica
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [antarctic treaty area]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Kaiser Wilhelm II Land, Antactica
  • Depth:
  • 1975 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -65.433333°, 95.7333333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1874-02-26 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (65° 26′ 0″ S  95° 44′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1874-02-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 26, 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]
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