MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1473

Amphioplus (Amphioplus) macilentus (Verrill, 1882)

Syntype of Amphiura macilenta

Date Collected:

1881-07-16

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central | United States, Massachusetts, 1 mile west by south off Martha's Vineyard

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1473 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1473 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1473 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1473 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Amphioplus (Amphioplus) macilentus (Verrill, 1882) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Amphiura macilenta Verrill, 1882 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Addison Emery Verrilllinked data icon in 1882
Nature of ID: type ID

  • station number: 920

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 2022-10-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-07   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) poor (broken arms) in collection 3 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-07

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8749 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • United States, Massachusetts, 1 mile west by south off Martha's Vineyard
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Atlantic Ocean, west by south 1 mile off Martha's Vineyard
  • Depth:
  • 63 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 40.2166666°, -70.697500° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1881-07-16 (Source: Bulletin of the United States FIsh Commission - Fish Hawk Station Data)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (40° 13′ 0″ N  70° 41′ 51″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1881-07-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July 16, 1881
  • Collectors:
  • Steamer Fish Hawk; U. S. Fish Commission

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  • [Masked]
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