MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-419

Ophionotus victoriae Bell, 1902

Syntype of Ophionotus victoriae

Date Collected:

1850-01-01/1902-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Antarctic | Antarctica; Cape Adare, South Victoria Land

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Francis J. Bell in 1902
Nature of ID: type ID

Bell 1902, page 219, Syntype of Ophionotus victoriae Bell, 1902 Plate 28 figures 1-6
Media type: text; Bell 1902 Description: Echinodermata;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Bell 1902 Description: Echinodermata

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28  
whole animal (dry) fair (some broken arms) in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Antarctic
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [unknown]
  • Specific Locality:
  • Antarctica; Cape Adare, South Victoria Land
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Antarctica; Cape Adare, South Victoria Land
  • Depth:
  • 26 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -71.839225°, 171.360261° (Error radius: 1000m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-08 (Source: Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1850-01-01 / 1902-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • RRS Discovery

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