MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-6238

Ophiosphalma dyscritum H.L. Clark, 1941

Holotype of Ophiosphalma dyscritum

Date Collected:

1939-05-03

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | Santa Clara, South of Cay Sal Bank

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-6238 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiosphalma dyscritum H.L. Clark, 1941 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1941
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1941, page 101, Holotype of Ophiosphalma dyscritum H.L. Clark, 1941 plate 9 figure 1

  • station number: 3446

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 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-09-30   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-06-09
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Santa Clara, South of Cay Sal Bank
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba, Santa Clara, South of Cay Sal Bank
  • Depth:
  • 360 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.3583333°, -79.900000° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1939-05-03 (Source: The Atlantis Expeditions to the West Indies in 1938 and 1939 compiled by Fenner A. Chace, Jr.)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (23° 21′ 30″ N  79° 54′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • Blake trawl 14 ft.
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1939-05-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 3, 1939
  • Collectors:
  • RV Atlantis; Harvard-Havana Expedition

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  • [Masked]
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