MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5247

Ophiomastix variabilis Koehler, 1905

Holotype of Ophiomastix notabilis

Date Collected:

1929-08-01/1929-09-30

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Western Australia | Cape Leveque

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5247 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5247 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5247 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5247 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiomastix variabilis Koehler, 1905 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiocomidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-27
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiomastix notabilis 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 337, Holotype of Ophiomastix notabilis H.L. Clark, 1938 figure 27
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
partial animal (dry) poor (missing legs) in collection 1 History
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  

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:
  • Cape Leveque
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cape Leveque, Broome, W. Australia
  • Georeference:
  • -16.388610°, 122.925280° (Error radius: 602m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-06-27 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1929-08-01 / 1929-09-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • August-September 1929
  • Collector:
  • Carnegie Australian Harvard Expedition

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