MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3550

Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) oliveri Benham, 1910

Syntype of Ophiothrix oliveri

Date Collected:

1908-07-01/1908-07-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southwest: New Zealand | Raoul Island (Sunday Island), Coral Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3550 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3550 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3550 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3550 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) oliveri Benham, 1910
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiothrix oliveri Benham, 1910
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: William Blaxland Benham in 1910
Nature of ID: type ID

Benham 1910, page 154, Syntype of Ophiothrix oliveri Benham, 1910 Figs. 14-17
Media type: text; Benham 1910 Description: Stellerids and Echinids from the Kermadec Islands;

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Shows Publication: Benham 1910 Description: Stellerids and Echinids from the Kermadec Islands

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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 2023-03-06
Remarks: Lot photographed

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southwest
  • Country:
  • New Zealand
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Raoul Island (Sunday Island), Coral Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Sunday Island, Coral Bay, Kermadec Islands
  • Georeference:
  • -29.260078°, -177.93486° (Error radius: 5421m) By: Adam J. Baldinger on 2020-04-06 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1908-07-01 / 1908-07-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July, 1908
  • Collector:
  • Walter Reginald Brook Oliver

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