MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-768

Ophiocten pallidum Lyman, 1878

Syntype of Ophiocten pallidum

Date Collected:

1874-03-13

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: High Seas | [coordinate data only]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-768 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiocten pallidum Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 102, Syntype of Ophiocten pallidum Lyman, 1878 Plate V figs, 126-128
Media type: text; Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids

  • station number: 160

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor (missing arms) in collection 3 History
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

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Country:
  • High Seas
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 2600 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -42.700000°, 134.166666° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 2010-12-22 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (42° 42′ 0″ S  134° 10′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1874-03-13
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 13, 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]
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