MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3512

Ophiophthalmus relictus (Koehler, 1904)

Syntype of Ophiacantha relicta

Date Collected:

1899-06-17

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Indonesia: Borneo | Selat Makassar, Kalimantan Timur

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3512 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3512 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3512 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3512 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiophthalmus relictus (Koehler, 1904) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiacantha relicta Koehler, 1904 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: René Koehler in 1904
Nature of ID: type ID

Koehler 1904, page 106, Syntype of Ophiacantha relicta Koehler, 1904 Plate 17, figures 4-6
Media type: text; Koehler 1904 Description: Ophiures de L'Expedition du Siboga;

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Shows Publication: Koehler 1904 Description: Ophiures de L'Expedition du Siboga

  • station number: 85

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-18   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-10-30
Remarks: Lot photographed
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Indonesia
  • Island:
  • Borneo
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Selat Makassar, Kalimantan Timur
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Indonesia, Selat Makassar, Kalimantan Timur
  • Depth:
  • 403 fms
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Kalimantan Timur (=East Kalimantan) and is a province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo. Selat Makassar = Makassar Strait.)
  • Georeference:
  • -0.6083333°, 119.491666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1899-06-17 (Source: Siboga Expedition log)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (0° 36′ 30″ S  119° 29′ 30″ E)
  • Collecting Method:
  • Trawl
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1899-06-17
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 17, 1899
  • Collector:
  • Siboga Expedition

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  • [Masked]
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