MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4075

Ophiacantha marsupialis Lyman, 1875

Syntype of Ophiacantha marsupialis

Date Collected:

1872-05-02

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Chile: Valparaiso Region: Juan Fernández Archipelago | Juan Fernandez Island (Cumberland Harbor)

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1875
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1875, page 13, Syntype of Ophiacantha marsupialis Lyman, 1875 Plate 1 figures 9-10
Media type: text; Lyman 1875 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. IV no. 2;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1875 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. IV no. 2

  • dredging number: 48

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

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Chile
  • State/Province:
  • Valparaiso Region
  • Island Group:
  • Juan Fernández Archipelago
  • Specific Locality:
  • Juan Fernandez Island (Cumberland Harbor)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Chile, Juan Fernandez Island (Cumberland Harbor)
  • Depth:
  • - 220 fms
  • Locality Remarks:
  • ledger lists depth at 65 fms which is Dredging station 47
  • Georeference:
  • -33.635870°, -78.822803° (Error radius: 5km) By: Penny Benson on 2014-02-14 (Source: Google Earth, historical handrawn map by JHBlake)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1872-05-02
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 2, 1872
  • Collector:
  • Hassler Expedition

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