MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5904

Ophionereis vivipara Mortensen, 1933

Syntype of Ophionereis vivipara

Date Collected:

1929-10

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western: Mauritius | [no specific locality data]

Current Identification
Ophionereis vivipara Mortensen, 1933 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophionereididae
Determiner: Theodor Mortensen in 1933
Nature of ID: type ID

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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 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) poor (missing arms) in collection 2 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Country:
  • Mauritius
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mauritius
  • Georeference:
  • -20.300000°, 57.5833330° (Error radius: 63520m) By: Jennifer Goldstein on 2020-01-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1929-10-01 / 1929-10-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 1929
  • Collectors:
  • Theodor Mortensen; Java-South Africa Expedition 1929-1930

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