MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-364

Ophiozonella stellata (Lyman, 1878)

Syntype of Ophiozona stellata

Date Collected:

1874-07-08

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southwest: New Zealand | off New Zealand

Current Identification
Ophiozonella stellata (Lyman, 1878) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiozona stellata Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiolepididae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 125, Syntype of Ophiozona stellata Lyman, 1878 plate VI figs 147-148
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: 168

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-25   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) dry in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southwest
  • Country:
  • New Zealand
  • Specific Locality:
  • off New Zealand
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off east coast New Zealand
  • Depth:
  • 1100 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -40.466666°, 177.716666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1874-07-08 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (40° 28′ 0″ S  177° 43′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1874-07-08
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July 8, 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]