MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-379

Ophiolipus agassizii Lyman, 1878

Holotype of Ophiolipus Agassizi

Date Collected:

1878-03-08

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: United States: Louisiana | Off Mississippi Delta

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-379 Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-27
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 220, Holotype of Ophiolipus Agassizi Lyman, 1878 Plate III, figs 52-54
Media type: text; Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids;

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Shows Publication: Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids

  • station number: 49 (Blake label)
  • station number: XLIX (original label)

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 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-29
Remarks: Locality vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • on original label "color when alive bright lobster red"

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Louisiana
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off Mississippi Delta
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Mississippi Delta
  • Depth:
  • 118 fms
  • Habitat Description:
  • in alluvial mud
  • Georeference:
  • 28.8583333°, -89.025000° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1878-03-08 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (28° 51′ 30″ N  89° 1′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1878-03-08
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 8, 1878
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]