MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1493

Amphiura (Amphiura) maxima Lyman, 1879

Syntype of Amphiura maxima

Date Collected:

1874-09-10

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Indonesia | Arafura Sea

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1493 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1493 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1493 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1493 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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

Lyman 1879, page 10, Syntype of Amphiura maxima Lyman, 1879 Plate XI Figs. 278-281
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: 188

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor (missing arms) in collection 1 History (3)
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  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-07
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-12
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Indonesia
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Arafura Sea
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Torres Strait
  • Depth:
  • 28 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -9.9833333°, 139.700000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1874-09-10 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (9° 59′ 0″ S  139° 42′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1874-09-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • September 10, 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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