MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1511

Ophiocentrus inaequalis (H.L. Clark, 1915)

Holotype of Amphiocnida inequalis

Date Collected:

1861-03-01/1861-03-31

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

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1511 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1511 Description: Underside view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1511 Description: View of entire specimen container, computer label, and scale.;  Aspect: container

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1511 Description: Handwritten labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.;  Aspect: labels

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Current Identification
Ophiocentrus inaequalis (H.L. Clark, 1915) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-03
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Amphiocnida inequalis H.L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1915
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1915, page 236, Holotype of Amphiocnida inequalis H.L. Clark, 1915 Plate 9 figs 5-6
Media type: text; Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4

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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 2022-10-04
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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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Sea:
  • South China Sea
  • Country:
  • China
  • State/Province:
  • Hong Kong
  • 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:
  • 1861-03-01 / 1861-03-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 1861
  • Collector:
  • William H. A. Putnam

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