MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2455

Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861)

Syntype of Ophiothrix triloba

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1870-01-01

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western: Red Sea | [no specific locality data]

Current Identification
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 triloba von Martens, 1870 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: E. von Martens in 1870
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; von Martens 1870 Description: Die Ophiuriden des indischen Oceans;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: von Martens 1870 Description: Die Ophiuriden des indischen Oceans

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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 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair (arms broken) in collection 1 History (5)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Sea:
  • Red Sea
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Red Sea
  • Georeference:
  • 20.8541740°, 38.0849600° (Error radius: 1180907m) By: Emily Blank on 2020-03-24 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1870-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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