MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-6450

Ophiomusa acufera (Lyman, 1875)

Date Collected:

1939-05-09

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Caribbean Sea: Cuba | off Bahia de Matanzas

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-6450 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiomusa acufera (Lyman, 1875) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiomusaidae
Determined As: Ophiomusa acufera (Lyman, 1875)
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2025-02-04
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: ref WoRMS, 2025-02-04
Previous Identification
Ophiomusium acuferum Lyman, 1875 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

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  • station number: 3465, 3478

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) unknown unknown 4 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class young [no agent data]
age class adult [no agent data]
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera
Remarks: cataloged, locality vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Bahia de Matanzas
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba: off Bahia de Matanzas
  • Depth:
  • 175 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.1500000°, -81.450000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1939-05-09 (Source: The Atlantis Expeditions to the West Indies in 1938 and 1939 compiled by Fenner A. Chace, Jr.)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (23° 9′ 0″ N  81° 27′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • 14 ft. Blake Trawl
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1939-05-09
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 9, 1939
  • Collector:
  • Harvard-Havana Expedition

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  • [Masked]
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