MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2493

Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869

Syntype of Ophiothela dividua

Date Collected:

1897-01-01/1918-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southeast: South Africa | Cape Colony: Algoa Bay

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Current Identification
Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 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
Ophiothela dividua von Martens, 1879 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: E. von Martens in 1879
Nature of ID: type ID

von Martens 1879, Syntype of Ophiothela dividua von Martens, 1879
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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 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-09-30   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair in collection 2 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southeast
  • Country:
  • South Africa
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Cape Colony: Algoa Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Algoa Bay, Cape Colony
  • Georeference:
  • -33.888278°, 25.9644210° (Error radius: 25533m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-06-03 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1897-01-01 / 1918-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • SS Pieter Faure

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