MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-581

Ophiura falcifera (Lyman, 1869)

Holotype of Ophioglypha falcifera

Date Collected:

1869-01-22

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida | Tortugas, S of Rebecca Channel

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-581 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiura falcifera (Lyman, 1869) linked data icon
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
Ophioglypha falcifera Lyman, 1869 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1869
Nature of ID: type ID

de Pourtales and Lyman 1869, page 319, Holotype of Ophioglypha falcifera Lyman, 1869
Media type: text; de Pourtales and Lyman 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10;

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Shows Publication: de Pourtales and Lyman 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10

  • collector number: 593

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) destroyed in collection 1 History (3)
tissue (dry) poor in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-09-30   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Tortugas, S of Rebecca Channel
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • South of Rebecca Channel, Florida
  • Depth:
  • 84 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.5173290°, -82.867668° (Error radius: 11504m) By: Adam J. Baldinger on 2023-07-17 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • Cast no. 7
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1869-01-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 22, 1869
  • Collectors:
  • Louis F. Pourtales; US Coast Survey, 1867-1871

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