MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2112

Ophiacantha meridionalis Lyman, 1869

Syntype of Ophiacantha meridionalis

Date Collected:

1869-02-11

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida | Florida, South of Marquesas Keys

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2112 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2112 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2112 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2112 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiacantha meridionalis Lyman, 1869 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1869
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Ophiacantha pentacrinus Lütken, 1869 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

de Pourtales and Lyman 1869, page 324, Syntype of Ophiacantha meridionalis Lyman, 1869
Media type: text; de Pourtales and Lyman 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10;

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Shows Publication: de Pourtales and Lyman 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10

  • field number: Cast no. 2

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) poor; broken in many pieces 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=2022-10-11   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair (some 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 2022-10-11

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Florida, South of Marquesas Keys
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • South of Marquesas Keys
  • Depth:
  • 132 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.3125000°, -82.187500° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1869-02-11 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (24° 18′ 45″ N  82° 11′ 15″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1869-02-11
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 11, 1869
  • Collectors:
  • Steamer Bibb; Louis F. Pourtales

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