MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5861

Amphicontus minutus Hill, 1940

Paratype of Amphicontus minutus

Date Collected:

1934-12-10

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Ecuador: Galápagos: Galapagos Archipelago: Isla Isabela | Tagus Cove

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5861 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Amphicontus minutus Hill, 1940 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Alex Hill in 1940
Nature of ID: type ID

Hill 1940, page 1, Paratype of Amphicontus minutus Hill, 1940 figures 1-3
Media type: text; Hill 1940 Description: A New Genus of Brittle Stars, <i>Amphicontus</i>;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Hill 1940 Description: A New Genus of Brittle Stars, Amphicontus

  • station number: 330-35

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

  • None

  • None

  • [Station 330-34, December 10, 1933 was in original mcz data which appears to have been incorrect PBenson June 2021]

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Ecuador
  • State/Province:
  • Galápagos
  • Island Group:
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Island:
  • Isla Isabela
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Tagus Cove
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Tagus Cove, Albermarle Island
  • Depth:
  • 12 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -0.2711111°, -91.377500° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: RV Velero III on 1934-12-10 (Source: Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions - General Account of the Scientific Work of the Velero III in the Eastern Pacific, 1931-41)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (0° 16′ 16″ S  91° 22′ 39″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1934-12-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • December 10, 1934
  • Collectors:
  • RV Velero III; Hancock Pacific Expeditions

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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