MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-6519

Ophiosphalma dyscritum H.L. Clark, 1941

Paratype of Ophiosphalma dyscritum

Date Collected:

1938-03-13

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | south of Cay Sal Bank

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-6519 JSON-LD

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

  • station number: 2987A
  • station number: 2987C

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) good and broken in collection 9 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

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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:
  • south of Cay Sal Bank
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Nicholas Channel, South of Cay Sal Bank
  • Depth:
  • 285 - 300 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.3666666°, -79.933333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1938-03-13 (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° 22′ 0″ N  79° 56′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • 14 Ft Blake Trawl
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1938-03-13
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 13, 1938
  • Collectors:
  • RV Atlantis; Harvard-Havana Expedition

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  • [Masked]
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