MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1129

Ophiochytra tenuis Lyman, 1883

Holotype of Ophiochytra tenuis

Date Collected:

1879-02-28

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Grenada | off Grenada

Current Identification
Ophiochytra tenuis Lyman, 1883 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1883, page 254, Holotype of Ophiochytra tenuis Lyman, 1883 Plate III figures 16-18

  • station number: 260

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 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-06
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Grenada
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Grenada
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Grenada
  • Depth:
  • 291 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 12.0583333°, -61.786111° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-02-28 (Source: List of dredging stations in North American waters from 1867-1887)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (12° 3′ 30″ N  61° 47′ 10″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-02-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 28, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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