MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-576

Amphiophiura bullata convexa (Lyman, 1878)

Syntype of Ophioglypha convexa

Date Collected:

1875-06-23

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southwest: High Seas | High Seas

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1879
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 84, Syntype of Ophioglypha convexa Lyman, 1878 plate III figs 83,84
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

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Shows Publication: Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7

  • collector number: 2301
  • station number: 241

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 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-09-27   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 2 History
¬ Subsample: whole animal (dry) broken on loan 1 History

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

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southwest
  • Country:
  • High Seas
  • Specific Locality:
  • High Seas
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 2300 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -35.683333°, -157.70000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1875-07-02 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (35° 41′ 0″ S  157° 42′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1875-06-23
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 23, 1875
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]