MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5876

Ophiacantha fidelis (Koehler, 1930)

Syntype of Ophiomitrella fidelis

Date Collected:

1914-09-01/1914-09-30

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Northwest | [coordinate data only]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5876 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiacantha fidelis (Koehler, 1930) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-27
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiomitrella fidelis Koehler, 1930 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: René Koehler in 1930
Nature of ID: type ID

Koehler 1930, page 72, Syntype of Ophiomitrella fidelis Koehler, 1930 Plate VII, figs 4, 5

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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=2022-09-30   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

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, Northwest
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [unknown]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 400 m
  • Georeference:
  • 38.0833333°, 150.000000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1914-09-01 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (38° 5′ 0″ N  150° 0′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1914-09-01 / 1914-09-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • September 1914
  • Collectors:
  • Theodor Mortensen; Pacific Expedition 1914-1918

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