MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4224

Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) angulata var. phoinissa HL Clark, 1918

Holotype of Ophiothrix angulata var. phoinissa

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1873-01-01

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: Mexico: Yucatan | Quintana Roo, Isla Contoy

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-4224 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4224 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4224 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4224 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) angulata var. phoinissa HL Clark, 1918
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiothrix angulata var. phoinissa HL Clark, 1918 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Reviewed by Gordon Hendler May 2013; Identification Made Date: 1918

Clark 1918, page 317, Holotype of Ophiothrix angulata var. phoinissa HL 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 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair 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 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • State/Province:
  • Yucatan
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Quintana Roo, Isla Contoy
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Contoy Island
  • Depth:
  • 12 - 18 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 21.4951810°, -86.794478° (Error radius: 7000m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-05-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1873-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • <1873
  • Collector:
  • William Stimpsonlinked data icon

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  • Deaccessioned
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