MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4519

Ophioderma pentacanthum H.L. Clark, 1917

Syntype of Ophioderma pentacantha  
  Paratype of Ophioderma pentacanthum

Date Collected:

1904-11-07

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Ecuador: Galápagos: Galapagos Archipelago | Hood Island, 5 mi. SW of Ripple Point

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-4519 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4519 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4519 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4519 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophioderma pentacanthum H.L. Clark, 1917 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Myophiuroidea Metophiurida Ophintegrida Ophiacanthida Ophiodermatina Ophiodermatoidea Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: as per WoRMS 15 Dec 2020
Previous Identification
Ophioderma pentacantha H.L. Clark, 1917 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Myophiuroidea Metophiurida Ophintegrida Ophiacanthida Ophiodermatina Ophiodermatoidea Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Reviewed by Gordon Hendler May 2013; Identification Made Date: 1917

Clark 1917, page 443, Syntype of Ophioderma pentacantha H.L. Clark, 1917 Plate 3; Plate 4, fig 1,2
Granja-Fernández et al. 2020, page 27, Paratype of Ophioderma pentacanthum H.L. Clark, 1917 doi: 10.5852/ejt.2020.729.1187 linked data icon
Fig. 7.
Humara-Gil et al. 2022, page 377, Voucher of Ophioderma pentacanthum H.L. Clark, 1917 doi: 10.1080/00222933.2022.2071179 linked data icon
Fig. 4
Media type: text; Clark 1917 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXI no. 12;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1917 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXI no. 12

  • station number: 4643

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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) 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 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Ecuador
  • State/Province:
  • Galápagos
  • Island Group:
  • Galapagos Archipelago
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Hood Island, 5 mi. SW of Ripple Point
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Galapagos: Hood Island, 5 miles southwest of Ripple Point
  • Depth:
  • 100 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -1.4833333°, -89.808333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1904-11-07 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross - and original label)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (1° 29′ 0″ S  89° 48′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • 8' Albatross Blake Beam Trawl
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1904-11-07
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 7 Nov 1904
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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  • [Masked]
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