MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-920

Amphiophiura bullata bullata (Thomson, 1878)

Syntype of Ophioglypha bullata

Date Collected:

1873-06-19

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: High Seas | [no specific locality data]

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-920 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophioglypha bullata Wyville Thomson, 1878
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Charles Wyville Thomson in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Thomson 1873, page 400, Syntype of Ophioglypha bullata Wyville Thomson, 1878 figured though not described
Media type: text; Thomson 1873 Description: Notes from the

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Shows Publication: Thomson 1873 Description: Notes from the "Challenger"

  • station number: 61

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 2 History (3)
¬ Subsample: whole animal (70% ethanol) good on loan 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, Northwest
  • Country:
  • High Seas
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 1850 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 34.9000000°, -56.633333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1873-06-17 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (34° 54′ 0″ N  56° 38′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1873-06-19
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 19, 1873
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]