MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2631

Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869

Syntype of Ophiothela Danae

Date Collected:

1838-01-01/1842-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Fiji | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2631 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiothela Danae Verrill, 1869
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Addison Emery Verrilllinked data icon in 1869
Nature of ID: type ID

Verrill 1869, page 391, Syntype of Ophiothela Danae Verrill, 1869
Media type: text; Verrill 1869 Description: New and Imperfectly Known Echinoderms and Coral;

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Shows Publication: Verrill 1869 Description: New and Imperfectly Known Echinoderms and Coral

  • collector number: 1171

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) 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=2022-11-01   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)

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:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Fiji
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Fegee Islands
  • Georeference:
  • -18.042920°, 179.317405° (Error radius: 287197m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-09-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1838-01-01 / 1842-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1838-1842 (approximate)
  • Collectors:
  • U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842; James Dwight Dana

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  • [Masked]
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