MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3503

Ophiopsila polyacantha H.L. Clark, 1915

Holotype of Ophiopsila polyacantha

Date Collected:

1899-06-10

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Indonesia: Borneo | Borneo bank, Selat Makassar, Kalimantan Timur

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3503 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3503 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3503 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3503 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the broken disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiopsila polyacantha H.L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiocomidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1915
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1915, page 297, Holotype of Ophiopsila polyacantha H.L. Clark, 1915 Plate 14 figs 6,7
Media type: text; Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4

  • station number: 77

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor in collection 1 History
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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-04-25
Remarks: Lot photographed

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Indonesia
  • Island:
  • Borneo
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Borneo bank, Selat Makassar, Kalimantan Timur
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • D.E.I. Borneo Bank, Makassar Strait
  • Depth:
  • 33 fms
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Kalimantan Timur (=East Kalimantan) and is a province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo. Selat Makassar = Makassar Strait.)
  • Georeference:
  • -3.4500000°, 117.600000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1899-06-10 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (3° 27′ 0″ S  117° 36′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1899-06-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 10, 1899
  • Collector:
  • Siboga Expedition

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  • [Masked]
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