MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1940

Ophiacantha cosmica Lyman, 1878

Syntype of Ophiacantha cosmica

Date Collected:

1873-09-10

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southwest: Brazil | [coordinate data only]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1940 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiacantha cosmica Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 146, Syntype of Ophiacantha cosmica Lyman, 1878 Plate X figs 251, 252
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

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  • station number: 122

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) broken - fair in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-12
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southwest
  • Country:
  • Brazil
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 350 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -9.0833333°, -34.816666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1873-09-10 (Source: Challenger Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (9° 5′ 0″ S  34° 49′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1873-09-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • September 10, 1873
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • depths at this station recorded as 350, 120, 32, and 400 fathoms
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]
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