MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2047

Ophioplinthaca chelys (C.W. Thomson, 1878)

Date Collected:

1873-02-18

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Eastern Central: Canary Islands: Canary Islands | W of Canary Islands

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Current Identification
Ophioplinthaca chelys (C.W. Thomson, 1878)
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 chelys Wyville Thomson, 1878
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Charles Wyville Thomson in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Thomson 1878, [type status needs research] of Ophiacantha chelys Wyville Thomson, 1878 page 62 Fig. 16, page 63 Fig. 17
Media type: text; Thomson 1878 Description: The Voyage of the

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Shows Publication: Thomson 1878 Description: The Voyage of the "Challenger"

  • station number: 3

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) fair, arms missing in collection 2 History (3)

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Canary Islands
  • Island Group:
  • Canary Islands
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Spain
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • W of Canary Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 1525 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 25.7500000°, -20.200000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1873-02-18 (Source: 'Challenger Expedition' List of Observing Stations C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (25° 45′ 0″ N  20° 12′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1873-02-18
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 18, 1873
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • None

  • [Masked]

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