MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1510

Ophiocentrus putnami (Lyman, 1871)

Holotype of Ophiocentrus putnami

Date Collected:

1861-01-01/1861-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Northwest: South China Sea: China: Hong Kong | off Hong Kong

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1510 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiocentrus putnami (Lyman, 1871) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-11
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiocnida putnami Lyman, 1871 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1871
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1871, page 11, Holotype of Ophiocentrus putnami (Lyman, 1871) Plate 1 figure 1
Media type: text; Lyman 1871 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. II no. 4;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1871 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. II no. 4

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor in collection 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-18   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Sea:
  • South China Sea
  • Country:
  • China
  • State/Province:
  • Hong Kong
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Hong Kong
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Hong Kong, China
  • Georeference:
  • 22.1837260°, 114.066446° (Error radius: 57799m) By: Alana Rivera on 2025-03-11 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • wild caught
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1861-01-01 / 1861-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1861
  • Collector:
  • William H. A. Putnam

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