MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1019

Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878

Syntype of Ophiocten pacificum

Date Collected:

1891-03-10

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Panama | Gulf of Panama, Azuero Peninsula, Punta Mala, SE of

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1019 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiocten pacificum Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Christian Lütken; Theodor Mortensen in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2;

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Shows Publication: Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2

  • station number: 3392

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (70% ethanol) poor (missing arms) in collection 5 History (3)
tissue (95% ethanol) fair; broken in many pieces 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  

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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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Panama
  • Specific Locality:
  • Gulf of Panama, Azuero Peninsula, Punta Mala, SE of
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Gulf of Panama
  • Depth:
  • 1270 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 7.09166666°, -79.666666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1891-03-10 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (7° 5′ 30″ N  79° 40′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-03-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 10, 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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