MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2102

Ophiothamnus vicarius Lyman, 1869

Syntype of Ophiothamnus vicarius

Date Collected:

1869-05-11

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida | Off Conch Reef

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1869
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; de Pourtales and Lyman 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: de Pourtales and Lyman 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10

  • station number: multiple stations

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) fair in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair in collection 4 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off Conch Reef
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Conch Reef
  • Depth:
  • 117 - 169 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.8375000°, -80.291666° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1869-05-11 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (24° 50′ 15″ N  80° 17′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1869-05-11
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 11, 1869
  • Collectors:
  • Steamer Bibb; Louis F. Pourtales

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