MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-846

Ophiopleura borealis Danielssen & Koren, 1877

Syntype of Ophiopleura borealis

Date Collected:

1876-01-01/1876-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northeast: Denmark | Denmark, NW of Faeroe Islands [Faroe Islands]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-846 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-846 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Ophiopleura borealis Danielssen & Koren, 1877 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Daniel Danielssen; Johan Koren in 1877
Nature of ID: type ID

Danielssen and Koren 1877, page 77, Syntype of Ophiopleura borealis Danielssen & Koren, 1877 plate 5 figures 1-4
Media type: text; Danielssen and Koren 1877 Description: Fra Den norske Nordhavsexpedition;

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  • station number: 33te

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) good in collection 1 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:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northeast
  • Country:
  • Denmark
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Denmark, NW of Faeroe Islands [Faroe Islands]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Kristiansemd, Norway
  • Depth:
  • 510 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 63.0833333°, -3.0000000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1876-12-31 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (63° 5′ 0″ N  3° 0′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1876-01-01 / 1876-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1876
  • Collector:
  • Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition

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