MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-365

Ophiozonella tessellata (Lyman, 1878)

Holotype of Ophiozona tessellata

Date Collected:

1877-12-01/1878-03-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | south of Havana

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Hemieuryalidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiolepididae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 223, Holotype of Ophiozona tessellata Lyman, 1878 plate III figs 43-45
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: 58

Part Condition Disposition Count
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 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good 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 2022-11-04
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-19
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • Specific Locality:
  • south of Havana
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 242 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 22.1583333°, -82.358333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1878-01-01 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (22° 9′ 30″ N  82° 21′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1877-12-01 / 1878-03-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • December 1877 - March 1878
  • Collectors:
  • Charles D. Sigsbee; USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]