MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5239

Ophiocoma occidentalis H.L. Clark, 1938

Holotype of Ophiocoma occidentalis

Date Collected:

1929-10-01/1929-10-30

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Western Australia | Point Peron

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5239 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5239 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5239 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5239 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiocoma occidentalis H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiocomidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1938, page 334, Holotype of Ophiocoma occidentalis H.L. Clark, 1938 plate 25 figure 1
Media type: text; 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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair on loan 1 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:
  • 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:
  • Point Peron
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • W. Australia: Pt. Peron
  • Georeference:
  • -32.268436°, 115.688202° (Error radius: 1000m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-11-14 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1929-10-01 / 1929-10-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 1929
  • Collector:
  • Carnegie Australian Harvard Expedition

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