MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5951

Ophionereis sexradia Mortensen, 1936

Syntype of Ophionereis sexradia

Date Collected:

1927-08-14

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Eastern Central: Equatorial Guinea | 0.75 to 1 miles N, 12° East of Pyramid Rock [Islote Piramide], Annabon

Current Identification
Ophionereis sexradia Mortensen, 1936 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophionereididae
Determiner: Theodor Mortensen in 1936
Nature of ID: type ID

  • station number: 283

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) fair in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-21   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) poor (missing arms) in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Specific Locality:
  • 0.75 to 1 miles N, 12° East of Pyramid Rock [Islote Piramide], Annabon
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • 0.75 to 1 miles N, 12° East of Pyramid Rock, Annabon
  • Depth:
  • 10 - 16 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -1.3871850°, 5.63879200° (Error radius: 513m) By: RRS Discovery on 2022-06-30 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1927-08-14
  • Verbatim Date:
  • August 14, 1927
  • Collector:
  • RRS Discovery

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