MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-6714

Ophiocoma anaglyptica Ely, 1944

Syntype of Ophiocoma anaglyptica

Date Collected:

1940-01-01/1940-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Kiribati: Phoenix Islands | Kanton Island

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiocomidae
Determiner: Charles A. Ely in 1944
Nature of ID: type ID

Ely 1944, page 373, Syntype of Ophiocoma anaglyptica Ely, 1944 Fig. 1
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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 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   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 2022-09-27
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2022-11-17
Remarks: imaged

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Kiribati
  • Island Group:
  • Phoenix Islands
  • Specific Locality:
  • Kanton Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Canton Island
  • Habitat Description:
  • reef
  • Georeference:
  • -2.8333330°, -171.68333° (Error radius: 42023m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-06-04 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1940-01-01 / 1940-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • November 18, 1941
  • Collector:
  • Charles A. Ely

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