MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2124

Ophiolebes scorteus Lyman, 1878

Syntype of Ophiolebes scorteus

Date Collected:

1873-12-27

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern: Antarctica | Near Prince Edward Island

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 158, Syntype of Ophiolebes scorteus Lyman, 1878 plate VII figs 196-197
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7

  • station number: 145

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-18   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair in collection 3 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern
  • Country:
  • Antarctica
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [antarctic treaty area]
  • Specific Locality:
  • Near Prince Edward Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Near Prince Edward Island, Antarctica
  • Depth:
  • 140 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -26.716666°, 38.0750000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1873-12-27 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (26° 43′ 0″ S  38° 4′ 30″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1873-12-27
  • Verbatim Date:
  • December 27, 1873
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]