MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1221

Ophiactis simplex (LeConte, 1851)

Syntype of Ophiolepis simplex

Date Collected:

1800-10-01/1851-01-01

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Panama | [no specific locality data]

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Current Identification
Ophiactis simplex (LeConte, 1851) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-27
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiolepis simplex Le Conte, 1851 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiolepididae
Determiner: John Lawrence LeConte in 1851
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; LeConte 1851 Description: Zoological notes;

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor in collection 1 History (3)
tissue (dry) poor 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=2022-10-21   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
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, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Panama
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Panama
  • Georeference:
  • 6.07657100°, -80.730059° (Error radius: 347869m) By: Penny Benson on 2020-03-18 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1800-10-01 / 1851-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim data date]
  • Collector:
  • John Lawrence LeConte

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