MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1188

Ophiactis abyssicola (M. Sars, 1861)

Syntype of Ophiactis poa

Date Collected:

1873-10-18

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southeast: Tristan da Cunha | off Tristan da Cunha

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1188 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1188 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1188 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1188 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiactis abyssicola (M. Sars, 1861) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-03
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiactis poa Lyman, 1879 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1879
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1879, page 40, Syntype of Ophiactis poa Lyman, 1879 Plate XIII Figs. 356-358
Media type: text; Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2;

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Shows Publication: Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2

  • station number: 135

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) ok; broken in many pieces in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) poor (broken arms) in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: photographed by Noe Salgado Ortiz September 2015

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-04-25
Remarks: Lot photographed

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Tristan da Cunha
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Tristan da Cunha
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Tristan da Cunha,
  • Depth:
  • 500 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -37.350000°, -12.375000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1873-10-18 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (37° 21′ 0″ S  12° 22′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1873-10-18
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 18, 1873
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]
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