MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4834

Ophioplocus hancocki Ziesenhenne, 1935

Paratype of Ophioplocus hancocki

Date Collected:

1934-01-30

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Ecuador: Galápagos: Galapagos Archipelago | Black Beach Anchorage

Current Identification
Ophioplocus hancocki Ziesenhenne, 1935 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: Fred C. Ziesenhenne in 1935
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: confirmed by Becky Granja Fernandez November 2014

Media type: text; Ziesenhenne 1935 Description: A New Brittle Star from the Galapagos Islands;

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Shows Publication: Ziesenhenne 1935 Description: A New Brittle Star from the Galapagos Islands

  • station number: 199

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Ecuador
  • State/Province:
  • Galápagos
  • Island Group:
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Specific Locality:
  • Black Beach Anchorage
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Galapagos, Black Beach Anchorage
  • Georeference:
  • -1.2938888°, -90.498611° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: RV Velero III on 1934-12-30 (Source: Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions - General Account of the Scientific Work of the Velero III in the Eastern Pacific, 1931-41)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (1° 17′ 38″ S  90° 29′ 55″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1934-01-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 30, 1934
  • Collectors:
  • Hancock Pacific Expeditions; RV Velero III

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