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  • Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1128 MCZ Invertebrate Zoology
  • Ophiochytra tenuis
  • whole animal (dry)
  •    Paratype of Ophiochytra tenuis
  • Grenadines
  • Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • February 23, 1879
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Identifications
Ophiochytra tenuis Lyman, 1883
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophiochytra tenuis
Identified by Theodore Lyman III in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID
Citations
Lyman 1883, Page 254, Paratype of Ophiochytra tenuis
Locality and Collecting Event Details
Continent/Ocean: Atlantic Ocean
Country: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Specific Locality: Grenadines
Collecting Source: wild caught
Depth: 338 fms
Coordinates: 12° 46´ 20´´ N 61° 25´ 0´´ W (Datum: unknown)
[no agent data]; 1879-02-23; Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith
Collecting Date: February 23, 1879
Collectors
USCSS Blake Expeditions
Identifiers
station number: 239
Part Details
Part Name Condition Disposition # Remarks
whole animal (dry) fair in collection 2
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