MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3739

Ophiactis hemiteles H.L. Clark, 1915

Holotype of Ophiactis hemiteles

Date Collected:

1913-10-02

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Australia: Queensland | Torres Strait, Murray Island (Mer), southwestern reef

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3739 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3739 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-3739 Ophiactis hemiteles Holotype Description

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3739 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3739 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiactis hemiteles H.L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Reviewed by Gordon Hendler May 2013; Identification Made Date: 1915

Clark 1915, page 262, Holotype of Ophiactis hemiteles H.L. Clark, 1915 plate 10 figs 7-8
Media type: text; Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-04   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: photographed by Noe Salgado Ortiz September 2015

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Queensland
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Torres Strait, Murray Island (Mer), southwestern reef
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Murray Ids: Mer.
  • Georeference:
  • -9.9263630°, 144.038577° (Error radius: 1062m) By: Penny Benson on 2022-02-02 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1913-10-02
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 2, 1913
  • Collectors:
  • Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon; Carnegie Expedition to the Torres Strait

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