MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1825

Ophiocoma Alexandri Lyman, 1860

Holotype of Ophiocoma Alexandri

Date Collected:

1859-01-01/1860-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Mexico | Acapulco

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1825 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiocoma Alexandri Lyman, 1860
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiocomidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1860
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1860, page 256, Holotype of Ophiocoma Alexandri Lyman, 1860
Media type: text; Lyman 1860 Description: New Ophiuridae belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

  • collector number: 300

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-18
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-08   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-18

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Mexico
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Acapulco
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Acapulco
  • Georeference:
  • 16.6525820°, -100.07140° (Error radius: 33km) By: Penny Benson on 2020-01-21 (Source: 2019 Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1859-01-01 / 1860-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • approximately 1859-1860
  • Collector:
  • Alexander Agassizlinked data icon

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