MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1528

Amphiodia (Amphispina) urtica (Lyman, 1860)

Syntype of Amphiura Barbaræ

Date Collected:

1872-09-01/1872-09-30

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: United States: California | California : Off Santa Barbara, 5 mi south

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1528 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1528 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Amphiodia (Amphispina) urtica (Lyman, 1860) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Amphiura Barbaræ Lyman, 1875
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1875
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1875, page 17, Syntype of Amphiura Barbaræ Lyman, 1875 Plate III figures 32-34
Media type: text; Lyman 1875 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. IV no. 2;

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Shows Publication: Lyman 1875 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. IV no. 2

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-01   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good and broken in collection 4 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • California
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • California : Off Santa Barbara, 5 mi south
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • 5 miles south of Santa Barbara California
  • Depth:
  • 22 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 33.7833330°, -118.96392° (Error radius: 20591m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-06-09 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • dredged
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1872-09-01 / 1872-09-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • September 1872
  • Collector:
  • Hassler Expedition

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