MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2684

Ophiobyrsella serpens (Lyman, 1878)

Holotype of Ophiobyrsa serpens

Date Collected:

1879-03-06

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Barbados | off Barbados

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2684 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiobyrsella serpens (Lyman, 1878) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiomyxidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiobyrsa serpens 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 271, Holotype of Ophiobyrsa serpens Lyman, 1883 Plate VIII figures 117-119

  • station number: 278

Part Condition Disposition Count
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 in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-06
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Barbados
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Barbados
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Barbados
  • Depth:
  • 69 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 13.0805555°, -59.627777° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1879-03-06 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 4′ 50″ N  59° 37′ 40″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-03-06
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 6, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]
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