MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-394

Ophiernus adspersus annectens Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Syntype of Ophiernus polyporus

Date Collected:

1891-04-18

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Mexico | near Las Tres Marias Islands

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-394 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-394 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-394 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels, reverse side; Aspect: labels2

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-394 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of 3 specimens, one with a broken disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-394 Description: Bottom of brittle star with a view of 3 specimens, one with a broken disc.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiernus adspersus annectens Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiernus polyporus Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Christian Lütken; Theodor Mortensen in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Lutken and Mortensen 1899, page 109, Syntype of Ophiernus polyporus Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 plate V figs 7-9
Media type: text; Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2;

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Shows Publication: Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2

  • station number: 3425

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) ok; broken in many pieces in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 3 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-07-14
Remarks: Lot photographed

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Mexico
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • near Las Tres Marias Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mexico: near Las Tres Marias Islands
  • Depth:
  • 680 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 21.3166666°, -106.40000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1891-04-18 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (21° 19′ 0″ N  106° 24′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • Small Beam Trawl
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-04-18
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 18 Apr 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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