MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-786

Ophiura flagellata (Lyman, 1878)

Syntype of Gymnophiura coerulescens

Date Collected:

1891-04-20

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Mexico: Baja California | Ventana Bay, offshore of Baja California

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-786 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiura flagellata (Lyman, 1878) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Gymnophiura coerulescens 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 114, Syntype of Gymnophiura coerulescens Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 plate VII
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: 3431

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) fair, missing 2 arms in collection 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
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=2022-09-27   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • State/Province:
  • Baja California
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Ventana Bay, offshore of Baja California
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Ventana Bay, offshore of Bay, Baja California
  • Depth:
  • 995 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.9833333°, -108.66666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1891-04-20 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (23° 59′ 0″ N  108° 40′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-04-20
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 20 April 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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  • [Masked]
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