Skip to main content

MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-124

Ophiopeza cylindrica (Hutton, 1872)

Syntype of Pectinura arenosa

Date Collected:

1873/1876

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Tasmania | Bass Strait, East Moncoeur Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-124 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-124 Aspect: labels

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-124 Ophiopeza cylindrica Syntype Aspect: la...

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-124 Aspect: dorsal

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-124 Ophiopeza cylindrica Syntype Aspect: do...

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-124 Aspect: ventral

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-124 Ophiopeza cylindrica Syntype Aspect: ve...

Current Identification
Ophiopeza cylindrica (Hutton, 1872) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-03
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Pectinura arenosa Lyman, 1879 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman III in 1879
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1879, page 48, Syntype of Pectinura arenosa Lyman, 1879 Plate XIV Figs. 392-394
Media type: text; Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

  • station number: 162

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-09-30
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-12
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

  • None

  • None

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • Island:
  • Tasmania
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Bass Strait, East Moncoeur Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off East Moncoeur Island, Bass Strait
  • Depth:
  • 38 - 40 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -39.227694°, 146.538537° (Error radius: 1000m) By: Penny Benson on 2021-08-09 (Source: Google Earth and GeoLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1873-01-01 / 1876-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • April 2, 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
➤