MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2180

Ophiacantha aspera Lyman, 1878

Paratype of Ophiacantha aspera

Date Collected:

1877-01-01/1880-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | [coordinate data only]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2180 JSON-LD

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

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 228, Paratype of Ophiacantha aspera Lyman, 1878
Media type: text; Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids

  • station number: Sigsbee

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) broken in collection 3 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-19
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Havana
  • Depth:
  • 177 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 22.3208333°, -82.350000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1877-01-01 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (22° 19′ 15″ N  82° 21′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1877-01-01 / 1880-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]
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