MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2727

Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883

Paratype of Ophiomyxa tumida

Date Collected:

1879-01-21/1879-01-22

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

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

  • station number: 165
  • station number: 172

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 2 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-15
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Guadeloupe
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • France
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Guadeloupe
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Guadeloupe
  • Depth:
  • 62 - 277 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 15.9097222°, -61.679166° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1879-01-21 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (15° 54′ 35″ N  61° 40′ 45″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1879-01-21 / 1879-01-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 21- 22, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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