MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2345

Macrophiothrix megapoma H.L. Clark, 1938

Holotype of Macrophiothrix sticta

Date Collected:

1905-01-01/1905-12-31

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern | Australia, Western Australia, Sharks Bay, northwest of Middle Bluff

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2345 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Macrophiothrix megapoma H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Macrophiothrix sticta H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1938, page 304, Holotype of Macrophiothrix sticta H.L. Clark, 1938
Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor (missing arms) in collection 1 History
tissue (dry) fair 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=2022-10-25   determined by=Nina Black  

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, Eastern
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [unknown]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Australia, Western Australia, Sharks Bay, northwest of Middle Bluff
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Western Australia, Sharks Bay, northwest of Middle Bluff
  • Depth:
  • 6 - 8 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -25.916826°, 114.048801° (Error radius: 12000m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-01 (Source: Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1905-01-01 / 1905-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1905
  • Collectors:
  • Wilhelm Michaelsen; R. Hartmeyer

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  • [Masked]
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