MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2050

Ophiomitra granifera Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Syntype of Ophiomitra granifera

Date Collected:

1891-04-18

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Mexico | Nayarit, Off Tres Marias Islands

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Current Identification
Ophiomitra granifera 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;

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  • station number: 3424

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 2022-10-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-04   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair broken in collection 2 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • Specific Locality:
  • Nayarit, Off Tres Marias Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mexico, Nayarit, Off Tres Marias Islands
  • Depth:
  • 676 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 21.2500000°, -106.38333° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1891-04-18 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (21° 15′ 0″ N  106° 23′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-04-18
  • Verbatim Date:
  • April 18, 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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