MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3542

Ophiacantha sociabilis Koehler, 1897

Syntype of Ophiacantha sociabilis

Date Collected:

1800-01-01/1898-12-31

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: India | Bay of Bengal

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3542 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiacantha sociabilis Koehler, 1897 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: René Koehler in 1897
Nature of ID: type ID

Koehler 1897, page 348, Syntype of Ophiacantha sociabilis Koehler, 1897 Plate 8 figures 62-63
Media type: text; Koehler 1897 Description: Les Ophiures de Mer Profonde;

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Shows Publication: Koehler 1897 Description: Les Ophiures de Mer Profonde

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) poor; few arms only 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=2022-10-21   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) poor (broken arms) in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Country:
  • India
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Bay of Bengal
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Bay of Bengal
  • Depth:
  • 1803 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 12.3333333°, 85.1333333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1898-12-31 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (12° 20′ 0″ N  85° 8′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Method:
  • wild caught
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1800-01-01 / 1898-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • CRS Investigator

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