MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1973

Ophiotoma paucispina (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

Syntype of Ophiacantha paucispina

Date Collected:

1891-02-26

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Panama | east of Cocos Island

Current Identification
Ophiotoma paucispina (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiacantha paucispina Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Christian Lütken; Theodor Mortensen in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2

  • station number: 3362

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 mount) broken in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Panama
  • Specific Locality:
  • east of Cocos Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Panama: east of Cocos Island
  • Depth:
  • 1175 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 5.93333333°, -85.175000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1891-02-26 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (5° 56′ 0″ N  85° 10′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-02-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 26, 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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  • [Masked]