Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1170: Ophiactis kroeyeri

Chile; Atacama, Isle Blanco
Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central
summer 1853-1854 (1853-06-01 - 1854-12-31)
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Identifications

Ophiactis kroeyeri Lütken, 1856

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae Ophiactis kroeyeri

Identified by World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-27
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Ophiolepis atacamensis Philippi, 1860

Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiolepididae Ophiolepis atacamensis

Identified by Rudolph Amandus Philippi in 1860
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Philippi 1860, Page 190, Syntype of Ophiolepis atacamensis

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Media Details
The Atacama desert journey through the command of the Chilean government in the summer of 1853-1854

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Pacific Ocean
Specific Locality:	Chile; Atacama, Isle Blanco
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	-28.515843° -71.000083° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 3036 m
	Penny Benson; 2014-06-09; Source: GEOLocate
Collecting Date:	summer 1853-1854 (1853-06-01 - 1854-12-31)

Collectors

Rudolph Amandus Philippi

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry)	broken - fair	in collection	1

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