MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1788

Ophiopteris papillosa (Lyman, 1875)

Holotype of Ophiocoma papillosa

Date Collected:

1872-09-01/1872-09-30

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

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1788 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels;  Aspect: labels

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1788 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc. Specimen broken in two pieces.;  Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1788 Description: Bottom of brittle star with a view of the mouth. Specimen broken in two pieces.;  Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiopteris papillosa (Lyman, 1875) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiopteridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-11
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiocomidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1875
Nature of ID: type ID

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 (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) poor in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-03-13
Remarks: Lot photographed
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • California
  • 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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