MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4990

Amphioplus stenaspis H.L. Clark, 1938

Holotype of Amphioplus stenaspis

Date Collected:

1929-06-28

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Australia: Northern Territory | Night Cliff near Darwin

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-4990 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Amphioplus stenaspis H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: expert ID

Clark 1938, page 254, Holotype of Amphioplus stenaspis H.L. Clark, 1938 figures 18, 19
Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV

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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 2022-10-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-25   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • per AM Clark, 1954 "The ventral arm plates (proximally) of the straightest arm were scratched in removing mud for drawing"

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Northern Territory
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Night Cliff near Darwin
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • N.T. Aus: night Cliff near Darwin
  • Habitat Description:
  • sand
  • Georeference:
  • -12.376612°, 130.839341° (Error radius: 1229m) By: Penny Benson on 2022-02-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • sifted
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1929-06-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 28,1929
  • Collector:
  • Carnegie Australian Harvard Expedition

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