MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5715

Ophiocomella alexandri (Lyman, 1860)

Date Collected:

1938-03-02

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Panama | Secas Island

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiocomidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2025-03-13
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: ref WoRMS, 2025-03-13
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiocomidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

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  • station number: 867-38

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 5 History

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Panama
  • Specific Locality:
  • Secas Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Panama: Secas Island
  • Georeference:
  • 7.95277777°, -82.012500° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Penny Benson on 1938-03-02 (Source: Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions - General Account of the Scientific Work of the Velero III in the Eastern Pacific, 1931-41)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (7° 57′ 10″ N  82° 0′ 45″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1938-03-02
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 2, 1938
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Shallow water; coral
  • Collectors:
  • RV Velero III; Hancock Pacific Expeditions

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