MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5911

Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) costata tumida Mortensen, 1933

Syntype of Ophiura tumida

Date Collected:

1929-08-01/1929-08-31

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western | South Africa, off Durban

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5911 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) costata tumida Mortensen, 1933 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-03
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiura tumida Mortensen, 1933 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodor Mortensen in 1933
Nature of ID: type ID

Mortensen 1933, page 387, Syntype of Ophiura tumida Mortensen, 1933 Figures 85b, c ; Plate 19 Figures 22, 23

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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) fair in collection 1 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
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [unknown]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • South Africa, off Durban
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Durban
  • Georeference:
  • -30.004757°, 31.4931640° (Error radius: 71198m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-05 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1929-08-01 / 1929-08-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • August, 1929
  • Collectors:
  • Theodor Mortensen; Java-South Africa Expedition 1929-1930

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