MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2036

Ophiacantha metallacta H.L. Clark, 1915

Holotype of Ophiacantha metallacta

Date Collected:

1879-02-19

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Saint Vincent | off St. Vincent

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2036 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2036 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2036 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2036 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiacantha metallacta H.L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1915
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1915, page 202, Holotype of Ophiacantha metallacta H.L. Clark, 1915
Media type: text; Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4

  • station number: 226

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor (missing arms) in collection 1 History (3)
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 2022-10-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-11   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-11

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Island:
  • Saint Vincent
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off St. Vincent
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off St. Vincent
  • Depth:
  • 424 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 13.1513888°, -61.272222° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1879-02-19 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 9′ 5″ N  61° 16′ 20″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-02-19
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 19, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • None

  • [Masked]
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