Syntype of Ophiernus annectens

Date Collected:

1891-03-28

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Ecuador | east of Galapagos Islands

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-841 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Ophiernus adspersus annectens Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiernus annectens Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Christian Lütken; Theodor Mortensen in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

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: 3402

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-01   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) broken in collection 3 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Ecuador
  • Specific Locality:
  • east of Galapagos Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • east of Galapagos Islands
  • Depth:
  • 421 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -0.9583333°, -89.058333° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1891-03-28 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross - and original label)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (0° 57′ 30″ S  89° 3′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-03-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 28 Mar 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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