MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4165

Ophioderma phoenia H.L. Clark, 1918

Holotype of Ophioderma phoenium

Date Collected:

1916-04

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

Current Identification
Ophioderma phoenia H.L. Clark, 1918 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophioderma phoenium H.L. Clark, 1918 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Common Name(s): smooth brittle star
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1918
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1918, page 333, Holotype of Ophioderma phoenium H.L. Clark, 1918 plate 6, figs 1-2
Media type: text; Clark 1918 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXII no. 6;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

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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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • 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:
  • Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon; Carnegie Institute Expedition 1916-1917

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