MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-192

Ophioderma appressum (Say, 1825)

Date Collected:

1840-08-23/1878-03-18

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southwest: Brazil: Bahia | Porto Seguro

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-192 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophioderma appressum (Say, 1825) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Common Name(s): harlequin brittle star
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy
Remarks: on label as Ophioderma appressa

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  • collector number: 484

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 10 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southwest
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Bahia
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Porto Seguro
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Porto Seguro (written as Porto Segaro), Brazil
  • Georeference:
  • -16.452795°, -39.047020° (Error radius: 3036m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-08-06 (Source: GEOLocate and Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1840-08-23 / 1878-03-18
  • Verbatim Date:
  • no verbatim date data
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • No date data, date range set to active collecting time of Charles F. Hartt. (ARivera 2025)
  • Collector:
  • Charles F. Harttlinked data icon

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