MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5174

Macrophiothrix albolineata (Clark, 1938)

Holotype of Placophiothrix albolineata

Date Collected:

1932-04-22

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southwest: Australia: New South Wales | Lord Howe Island, Ned's Beach

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5174 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5174 Aspect: dorsal

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-5174 Macrophiothrix albolineata Holotype Aspect

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5174 Aspect: ventral

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-5174 Macrophiothrix albolineata Holotype Aspect

Current Identification
Macrophiothrix albolineata (Clark, 1938)
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-03
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Placophiothrix albolineata H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1938, page 315, Holotype of Placophiothrix albolineata H.L. Clark, 1938 figure 26
Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

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

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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 by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southwest
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • New South Wales
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Lord Howe Island, Ned's Beach
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Lord Howe I., Neds Beach
  • Microhabitat:
  • from the head of a living coral
  • Georeference:
  • -31.516000°, 159.083000° (Error radius: 1074m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-06-18 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1932-04-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • April 22,1932
  • Collector:
  • Harvard Australian Expedition 1931-1932

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