MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1951

Ophiopristis hirsuta (Lyman, 1875)

Syntype of Ophiacantha hirsuta

Date Collected:

1871-12-29/1871-12-30

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Barbados | off Sandy Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1951 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1951 Description: Handwritten labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1951 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen, disk and partial arm, with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1951 Description: Underside view of single ophiuroid specimen, disk and partial arm, with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiopristis hirsuta (Lyman, 1875) linked data icon
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
Ophiacantha hirsuta Lyman, 1875 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1875
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1875, page 12, Syntype of Ophiacantha hirsuta Lyman, 1875 Plate II figures 21-23
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

  • collector number: 1140
  • dredging number: 217P-220P

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History (3)

  • None

  • None

  • None

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Barbados
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Sandy Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Sandy Bay, Barbados
  • Depth:
  • 100 fms
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Coordinates based on JH Blake's travel journal.
  • Georeference:
  • 13.0500000°, -59.583333° (Error radius: 2km) By: Penny Benson on 2013-08-14 (Source: Georeferenced based on locality of Sandy Bay, Barbados)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 3′ 0″ N  59° 35′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1871-12-29 / 1871-12-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • December 29-30, 1871
  • Collector:
  • Hassler Expedition

  • None

  • None

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