MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 143456

Ophiolepis superba H.L. Clark, 1915

Neotype of Ophiolepis superba

Date Collected:

1860/1865

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western: Tanzania: Zanzibar | [no specific locality data]

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Current Identification
Ophiolepis superba H.L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: Tania Pineda-Enríquez; et al. on 2017-09-17
Nature of ID: type ID

  • original number: 203
  • original number: 403
  • original number: 949
  • previous number: MCZ OPH-803

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-18
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-04   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-18

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  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Country:
  • Tanzania
  • State/Province:
  • Zanzibar
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Zanzibar
  • Georeference:
  • -6.1238240°, 39.3375170° (Error radius: 46495m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce on 2020-04-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1860-01-01 / 1865-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1860-1865
  • Collectors:
  • George A. Cheney; Caleb Cooke; Francis R. Webb

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  • None

  • [Masked]
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