Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1019: Ophiocten hastatum

Gulf of Panama, Azuero Peninsula, Punta Mala, SE of
Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Panama
March 10, 1891
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Identifications

Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophiocten hastatum

Identified by World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Ophiocten pacificum Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophiocten pacificum

Identified by Christian Lutken, Theodor Mortensen in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Lutken and Mortensen 1899, Page 131, Syntype of Ophiocten pacificum

plate III figs 5-7

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Media Details
MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Pacific Ocean
Country:	Panama
Specific Locality:	Gulf of Panama, Azuero Peninsula, Punta Mala, SE of
Verbatim Locality:	Gulf of Panama
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	1270 fms
Coordinates:	7° 5´ 30´´ N 79° 40´ 0´´ W (Datum: unknown)
	[no agent data]; 1891-03-10; Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross
Collecting Date:	March 10, 1891

Collectors

USFC Steamer Albatross

Identifiers

station number: 3392

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
partial animal (70% ethanol)	poor (missing arms)	in collection	5

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