MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2671

Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883

Holotype of Ophiomyxa tumida

Date Collected:

1880-02-01/1880-05-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Caribbean Sea: Cuba | south of Isla de la Juventud

Current Identification
Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiomyxidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1883, page 272, Holotype of Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883 Plate I figures 1-3

  • station number: 29
  • station number: XXIX

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good; broken in pieces 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) broken in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-16
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • Specific Locality:
  • south of Isla de la Juventud
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • south of Isle of Pines
  • Depth:
  • 300 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 21.3886111°, -82.911666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1880-02-15 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (21° 23′ 19″ N  82° 54′ 42″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1880-02-01 / 1880-05-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 15, 1880
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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