MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-114

Ophioderma unicolor HL Clark, 1940

Holotype of Ophioderma teres var. unicolor

Date Collected:

1872-06-10/1872-06-11

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Ecuador: Galápagos: Galapagos Archipelago | Charles Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-114 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophioderma unicolor HL Clark, 1940 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Karla J. Humara-GilORCID iD icon in 2024
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: O. teres unicolor raised to species level (O. unicolor) by Humara-Gil et al, 2024
Previous Identification
Ophioderma teres var. unicolor HL Clark, 1940 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Reviewed by Gordon Hendler May 2013; Identification Made Date: 1940

Clark 1940, page 342, Holotype of Ophioderma teres var. unicolor HL Clark, 1940
Humara-Gil et al. 2022, page 378, Voucher of Ophioderma teres var. unicolor HL Clark, 1940 doi: 10.1080/00222933.2022.2071179 linked data icon
Humara-Gil et al. 2024, page 150, Voucher of Ophioderma unicolor HL Clark, 1940 doi: 10.5852/ejt.2024.947.2625 linked data icon
raised from subspecies Ophioderma teres unicolor to species Ophioderma unicolor (Humara-Gil et al, 2024)

  • other number: 2045

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) 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 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Ecuador
  • State/Province:
  • Galápagos
  • Island Group:
  • Galapagos Archipelago
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Charles Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Galapagos Archipelago, Charles Is.
  • Georeference:
  • -1.3813060°, -90.530712° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Andrew D. Williston on 2014-01-07 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1872-06-10 / 1872-06-11
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 10-11, 1872
  • Collector:
  • Hassler Expedition

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