MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-148

Ophiarachnella macracantha H.L. Clark, 1909

Holotype of Ophiarachnella macracantha

Date Collected:

1877-04-14

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Federated States of Micronesia: Caroline Islands | Pohnpei Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-148 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-148 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-148 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-148 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiarachnella macracantha H.L. Clark, 1909 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1909
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1909, page 126, Holotype of Ophiarachnella macracantha H.L. Clark, 1909
Media type: text; Clark 1909 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LII no. 7;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1909 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LII no. 7

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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) good 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

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Island Group:
  • Caroline Islands
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Pohnpei Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Caroline Islands; Ponape
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Also called Ponape, Ascension Island
  • Georeference:
  • 6.88284300°, 158.230164° (Error radius: 22589m) By: Jessica A. Mullen on 2014-06-13 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1877-04-14
  • Verbatim Date:
  • April 14, 1877
  • Collector:
  • Albert A. Sturgis

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