MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3730

Ophiactis luteomaculata H.L. Clark, 1915

Holotype of Ophiactis luteomaculata

Date Collected:

1913-10-13

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Australia: Queensland | Torres Strait, Murray Island (Mer), western reef

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3730 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3730 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3730 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiactis luteomaculata H.L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Reviewed by Gordon Hendler May 2013; Identification Made Date: 1915

Clark 1915, page 263, Holotype of Ophiactis luteomaculata H.L. Clark, 1915 plate 11 figs 7-8
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

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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 2022-10-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-07   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-07

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Queensland
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Torres Strait, Murray Island (Mer), western reef
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Murray Ids.: Mer, off western reef- flat
  • Habitat Description:
  • on a sponge
  • Georeference:
  • -9.9230660°, 144.039006° (Error radius: 736m) By: Penny Benson on 2020-12-09 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1913-10-13
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 13, 1913
  • Collectors:
  • Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon; Carnegie Expedition to the Torres Strait

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