MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1989

Ophiacantha scutata Lyman, 1878

Paratype of Ophiacantha scutata

Date Collected:

1878-01-01/1878-02-28

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | off Bahia Honda

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1989 JSON-LD

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

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 229, Paratype of Ophiacantha scutata Lyman, 1878
Media type: text; Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids

  • station number: 21

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-19
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Bahia Honda
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Bahia Honda, Cuba
  • Depth:
  • 287 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.0333333°, -83.216666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1878-01-01 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (23° 2′ 0″ N  83° 13′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1878-01-01 / 1878-02-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January - February 1878
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • None

  • [Masked]
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