MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4993

Amphioplus (Amphioplus) didymus H.L. Clark, 1938

Holotype of Amphioplus didymus

Date Collected:

1929-08-09

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Western Australia | 500-600 yds south of jetty Broome

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-4993 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4993 Aspect: labels

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4993 Amphioplus (Amphioplus) didymus Holotype Asp...

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4993 Aspect: dorsal

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4993 Amphioplus (Amphioplus) didymus Holotype Asp...

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4993 Aspect: dorsal

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4993 Amphioplus (Amphioplus) didymus Holotype Asp...

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4993 Aspect: ventral

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4993 Amphioplus (Amphioplus) didymus Holotype Asp...

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4993 Aspect: ventral

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4993 Amphioplus (Amphioplus) didymus Holotype Asp...

Current Identification
Amphioplus (Amphioplus) didymus H.L. Clark, 1938
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-04
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Amphioplus didymus H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1938, page 252, Holotype of Amphioplus didymus H.L. Clark, 1938 Plate 14 figure 3
Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

  • None

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 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-09-30   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 2022-09-27

  • None

  • None

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Western Australia
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • 500-600 yds south of jetty Broome
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • 500-600 yards south of jetty, Broome, WA
  • Georeference:
  • -17.961670°, 122.236390° (Error radius: 301m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)[Note: a coordinate uncertainty of 301m is given by Biogeomancer and GeoLocate when unable to determine an uncertainty]
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1929-08-09
  • Verbatim Date:
  • August 9, 1929
  • Collector:
  • Carnegie Australian Harvard Expedition

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
➤