MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2044

Ophiacantha metallacta H.L. Clark, 1915

Paratype of Ophiacantha metallacta

Date Collected:

1879-02-15

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Saint Lucia | off St. Lucia

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

Media type: text; Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

  • station number: 218

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor (missing arms) in collection 2 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-07-01
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Saint Lucia
  • Specific Locality:
  • off St. Lucia
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off St. Lucia
  • Depth:
  • 164 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 13.8200000°, -61.077777° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-02-15 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 49′ 12″ N  61° 4′ 40″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-02-15
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 15, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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