MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1949

Ophiomitrella granulosa (Lyman, 1878)

Syntype of Ophiacantha granulosa

Date Collected:

1874-10-26

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Philippines | Sulu Sea

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 138, Syntype of Ophiacantha granulosa Lyman, 1878 plate VIII figs 206-208
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

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  • station number: 201

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 2022-10-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-04   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 3 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Philippines
  • Specific Locality:
  • Sulu Sea
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Philippine Is.: Sulu Sea
  • Depth:
  • 82 - 102 fms
  • Habitat Description:
  • stones and gravel
  • Georeference:
  • 7.05000000°, 121.800000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1874-10-26 (Source: Challenger - Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (7° 3′ 0″ N  121° 48′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1874-10-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 26, 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]