MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4158

Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) oerstedii var. lutea H.L. Clark, 1918

Holotype of Ophiothrix orstedii var. lutea

Date Collected:

1916-04-01/1916-04-30

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Trinidad and Tobago | Tobago: Buccoo reef

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-4158 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4158 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4158 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4158 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) oerstedii var. lutea H.L. Clark, 1918
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiothrix orstedii var. lutea H. L. Clark, 1918
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1918
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1918, page 312, Holotype of Ophiothrix orstedii var. lutea H. L. Clark, 1918
Media type: text; Clark 1918 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXII no. 6;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1918 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXII no. 6

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Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (dry) good deaccessioned - used up 1 History
Remarks: SEM sampled by Quetzalli Hernandez July 2014
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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: Photographed by Quetzalli Hernandez July 2014

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 2023-03-06
Remarks: Lot photographed

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Trinidad and Tobago
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Tobago: Buccoo reef
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Tobago: Buccoo reef
  • Georeference:
  • 11.1793960°, -60.835592° (Error radius: 1465m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-05-15 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1916-04-01 / 1916-04-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • April 1916
  • Collectors:
  • John W. Mills; Carnegie Institute Expedition 1916-1917

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  • Deaccessioned
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