MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-767

Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878

Syntype of Ophiocten pacificum

Date Collected:

1891-03-27

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Ecuador: Galápagos: Galapagos Archipelago | east of the Galapagos Islands

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-767 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-767 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-767 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-767 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-767 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiocten pacificum Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Christian Lütken; Theodor Mortensen in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Lutken and Mortensen 1899, page 131, Syntype of Ophiocten pacificum Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 plate III figs 5-7
Media type: text; Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2;

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Shows Publication: Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2

  • station number: 3400

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor in collection 4 History (3)
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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-03-06
Remarks: Lot photographed

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Ecuador
  • State/Province:
  • Galápagos
  • Island Group:
  • Galapagos Archipelago
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • east of the Galapagos Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Ecuador: east of the Galapagos Islands
  • Depth:
  • 1322 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -0.6000000°, -86.766666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1891-03-27 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (0° 36′ 0″ S  86° 46′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-03-27
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 27, 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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  • [Masked]
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