MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2143

Ophiotoma coriacea Lyman, 1883

Holotype of Ophiotoma coriacea

Date Collected:

1880-06-29

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: Canada | [coordinate data only]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2143 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiotoma coriacea Lyman, 1883 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1883, page 268, Holotype of Ophiotoma coriacea Lyman, 1883 Plate II figures 1-3

  • station number: 308

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor in collection 1 History
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 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-09-27   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-09
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • description of specimen in life enclosed

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Country:
  • Canada
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off New England Coast
  • Depth:
  • 1242 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 41.4125000°, -65.591666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1880-06-29 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (41° 24′ 45″ N  65° 35′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1880-06-29
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1880 Jun 29
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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