MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-316

Ophiozonella antillarum (Lyman, 1878)

Date Collected:

1879-02-11

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

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiolepididae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: [this little one corresponds to the diagnosis of Lyman, per Daniela Yepes Gaurisas, April 2014]

Lyman 1878, page 127, Voucher of Ophiozona antillarum Lyman, 1865 plate VI figs 152, 154 - type was described from Challenger station 23 at 450 fathoms
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7

  • station number: 208

Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (SEM stub) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: no. 46
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History
¬ Subsample: fragment (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: returned

Attribute Value Determination On
age class juvenile [no agent data]
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-15
Remarks: Localities vetted

  • None

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Martinique
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • France
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Martinique
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Martinique
  • Depth:
  • 213 - 357 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 14.4208333°, -60.913888° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1879-02-11 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (14° 25′ 15″ N  60° 54′ 50″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-02-11
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 11, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]