MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4781

Ophiactis nidarosiensis Mortensen, 1920

Syntype of Ophiactis nidarosiensis

Date Collected:

1911-01-01/1911-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northeast | Norway, Trondhjemfjord

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4781 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.;  Aspect: labels

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4781 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4781 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiactis nidarosiensis Mortensen, 1920 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: Theodor Mortensen in 1920
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Mortensen 1921 Description: Notes on some Scandinavian Echinoderms with descriptions of two new Ophiurids;

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Shows Publication: Mortensen 1921 Description: Notes on some Scandinavian Echinoderms with descriptions of two new Ophiurids

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) ok; broken in many pieces 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=2022-10-11   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair in collection 4 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, Northeast
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Norway
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8753 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Norway, Trondhjemfjord
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Trondhjemfjord, Norway
  • Depth:
  • 200 m
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1911-01-01 / 1911-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1911
  • Collector:
  • Theodor Mortensen

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