MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2687

Ophiochondrus convolutus Lyman, 1869

Syntype of Ophiochondrus convolutus

Date Collected:

1867-05-29

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Caribbean Sea: Cuba | 1.6 miles from Chorrera

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1869
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; de Pourtales and Lyman 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10;

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  • station number: 4 P

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=2022-09-27   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good 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, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • Specific Locality:
  • 1.6 miles from Chorrera
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba, Off Chorrera
  • Depth:
  • 270 fms
  • Locality Remarks:
  • specific locality from Sanderson Smith List of Dredging Stations
  • Georeference:
  • 23.0333330°, -82.316667° (Error radius: 3036m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1867-05-29
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 29, 1867
  • Collectors:
  • USCS Corwin; R. Platt

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