MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-769

Ophiocten pallidum Lyman, 1878

Syntype of Ophiocten pallidum

Date Collected:

1874-02-26

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern: Antarctica | off Kaiser Wilhelm II Land

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-769 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-769 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-769 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-769 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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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;

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

  • station number: 156

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-03-07
Remarks: Lot photographed

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern
  • Country:
  • Antarctica
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [antarctic treaty area]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Kaiser Wilhelm II Land, Antactica
  • Depth:
  • 1975 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -65.433333°, 95.7333333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1874-02-26 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (65° 26′ 0″ S  95° 44′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1874-02-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 26, 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]
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