MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-161

Ophiarachnella petersi (Lyman, 1878)

Syntype of Ophiopeza petersi

Date Collected:

1877/1878

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | [no specific locality data]

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiopeza petersi Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 217, Syntype of Ophiopeza petersi Lyman, 1878 plate II figs 22-24
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7

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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) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-19
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Cuba
  • Depth:
  • 177 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 22.1541666°, -82.350000° (Error radius: Unknown) By: Alexander Agassiz on 1878-12-31 (Source: data from publication and label)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (22° 9′ 15″ N  82° 21′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1877-01-01 / 1878-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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