MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1592

Ophionereis porrecta Lyman, 1860

Holotype of Ophionereis porrecta

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1859-01-01

Pacific Ocean | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1592 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1592 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-1592 Ophionereis porrecta Holotype Description

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1592 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-1592 Ophionereis porrecta Holotype Description

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1592 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-1592 Ophionereis porrecta Holotype Description

Current Identification
Ophionereis porrecta Lyman, 1860 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophionereididae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1860
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1860, page 260, Holotype of Ophionereis porrecta Lyman, 1860 locality differs on the label from the original description
Media type: text; Lyman 1860 Description: New Ophiuridae belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology;

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Shows Publication: Lyman 1860 Description: New Ophiuridae belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology

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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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-07-14
Remarks: Lot photographed

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Pacific Ocean ?
  • Locality Remarks:
  • original description lists Florida ? as locality but is likely incorrect
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1859-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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