MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-384

Ophiernus adspersus adspersus Lyman, 1883

Paratype of Ophiernus adspersus

Date Collected:

1878-01-19/1879-01-19

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Guadeloupe | off Guadeloupe

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiernidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

  • station number: 161

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) broken - arms missing in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-15
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Guadeloupe
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • France
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Guadeloupe
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Guadeloupe
  • Depth:
  • 583 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 16.0375000°, -61.820833° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-01-19 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (16° 2′ 15″ N  61° 49′ 15″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1878-01-19 / 1879-01-19
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 19, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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