MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3234

Ophiocamax vitrea Lyman, 1878

Syntype of Ophiocamax polyploca

Date Collected:

1906-08-16

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Northwest: Japan: Kagoshima | Kyushu Island, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3234 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3234 Description: Bottom of 4 brittle stars with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3234 Description: Top of 4 brittle stars with a view of the discs.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiocamax vitrea Lyman, 1878 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
Ophiocamax polyploca H.L. Clark, 1911 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1911
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1911, page 193, Syntype of Ophiocamax polyploca H.L. Clark, 1911 figure 90
Media type: text; Clark 1911 Description: North Pacific Ophiurans in the Collection of the United States National Museum;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1911 Description: North Pacific Ophiurans in the Collection of the United States National Museum

  • station number: 4934

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor in collection 4 History
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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-07-10
Remarks: Lot photographed
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Country:
  • Japan
  • State/Province:
  • Kagoshima
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Kyushu Island, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Japan, Kagoshima, Kyushu Island, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki
  • Depth:
  • 103 - 152 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 30.9750000°, 130.533333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1906-08-16 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross - and original label)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (30° 58′ 30″ N  130° 32′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Method:
  • 9 foot Agassiz beam trawl
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1906-08-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 16 Aug 1906
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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