MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1189

Ophiactis profundi Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Syntype of Ophiactis profundi

Date Collected:

1891-03-05

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Colombia | NE of Malpalo Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1189 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1189 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1189 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1189 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiactis profundi Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: Christian Lütken; Theodor Mortensen in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Lutken and Mortensen 1899, page 140, Syntype of Ophiactis profundi Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 plate VI figs 4-6
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: 3380

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor in collection 2 History (4)
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-18   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-06-06
Remarks: Lot photographed
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Colombia
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • NE of Malpalo Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • NE of Malpalo Island
  • Depth:
  • 899 fms
  • Habitat Description:
  • Rocky bottom
  • Georeference:
  • 4.05000000°, -81.516666° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1891-03-05 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (4° 3′ 0″ N  81° 31′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-03-05
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 5, 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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  • [Masked]
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