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  • Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1221 MCZ Invertebrate Zoology
  • Ophiactis simplex
  • partial animal (dry)
  •    Syntype of Ophiolepis simplex
  • Panama
  • Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Panama
  • [no verbatim data date] (1800-10-01 - 1851-01-01)
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Identifications
Ophiactis simplex (LeConte, 1851)
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae Ophiactis simplex
Identified by World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-27
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Ophiolepis simplex Le Conte, 1851
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiolepididae Ophiolepis simplex
Identified by John Lawrence LeConte in 1851
Nature of ID: type ID
Citations
LeConte 1851, Page 318, Syntype of Ophiolepis simplex
 
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Locality and Collecting Event Details
Continent/Ocean: Pacific Ocean
Country: Panama
Specific Locality: Panama
Collecting Source: wild caught
Coordinates: 8.266051° -79.731087° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 74736 m
Penny Benson; 2020-03-18; Source: GEOLocate
Collecting Date: [no verbatim data date] (1800-10-01 - 1851-01-01)
Collectors
John Lawrence LeConte
Part Details
Part Name Condition Disposition # Remarks
partial animal (dry) poor in collection 1
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Media of type image, MCZ:IZ:OPH-1221 Identified as Ophiactis simplex type status Syntype of Ophiolepis simplex.

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Media of type image, MCZ:IZ:OPH-1221 Identified as Ophiactis simplex type status Syntype of Ophiolepis simplex.

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Media of type image, MCZ:IZ:OPH-1221 Identified as Ophiactis simplex type status Syntype of Ophiolepis simplex.

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