MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2415

Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) spiculata LeConte, 1851

Syntype of Ophiothrix spiculata

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1851-01-01

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Panama | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2415 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) spiculata LeConte, 1851 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 spiculata LeConte, 1851 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: John Lawrence LeConte in 1851
Nature of ID: type ID

LeConte 1851, page 318, Syntype of Ophiothrix spiculata LeConte, 1851
Media type: text; LeConte 1851 Description: Zoological notes;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: LeConte 1851 Description: Zoological notes

  • collector number: 148

Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (70% ethanol) good deaccessioned - used up 1 History
Remarks: SEM sampled by Quetzalli Hernandez July 2014
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=2022-10-21   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good and broken in collection ca.20 History
Remarks: Photographed by Quetzalli Hernandez July 2014

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:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Panama
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Panama
  • Georeference:
  • 6.07657100°, -80.730059° (Error radius: 347869m) By: Penny Benson on 2020-03-18 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1851-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collectors:
  • John Lawrence LeConte; Alexander Agassizlinked data icon

  • None

  • None

  • Some Parts have been Deaccessioned
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