MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2147

Ophiogeron edentulus Lyman, 1878

Syntype of Ophiogeron edentulus

Date Collected:

1874-08-12

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Fiji | Fiji Reef

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

Lyman 1878, page 161, Syntype of Ophiogeron edentulus Lyman, 1878 plate VII figs 187-189
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

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  • station number: 175

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 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-09-30   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair broken in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Fiji
  • Specific Locality:
  • Fiji Reef
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Fiji Islands, Fiji Reef
  • Depth:
  • 1350 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -19.033333°, 177.169444° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1874-08-12 (Source: 'Challenger Expedition' List of Observing Stations C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (19° 2′ 0″ S  177° 10′ 10″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1874-08-12
  • Verbatim Date:
  • August 12, 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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