MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2399

Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861)

Holotype of Ophiothrix propinqua

Date Collected:

1850-01-01/1887-01-01

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Kiribati | Abaiang

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2399 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2399 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2399 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2399 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiothrix propinqua Lyman, 1861 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1861
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1861, page 83, Holotype of Ophiothrix propinqua Lyman, 1861
Media type: text; Lyman 1861 Description: Descriptions of New Ophiuridae;

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Shows Publication: Lyman 1861 Description: Descriptions of New Ophiuridae

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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 (broken arms) in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-07-14
Remarks: Lot photographed
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Kiribati
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Abaiang
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Gilbert Islands (formerly Kingsmill Islands), Abaiang
  • Georeference:
  • 1.86341500°, 172.933898° (Error radius: 18773m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-03 (Source: Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1850-01-01 / 1887-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Andrew Garrettlinked data icon

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