MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1261

Ophiochiton agassizii (Verrill, 1899)

Syntype of Amphioplus Agassizii

Date Collected:

1879-02-16

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Saint Lucia | [coordinate data only]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1261 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiochiton agassizii (Verrill, 1899) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiochitonidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-04
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Amphioplus Agassizii Verrill, 1899
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Addison Emery Verrilllinked data icon in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Verrill 1899, page 315, Syntype of Amphioplus Agassizii Verrill, 1899
Media type: text; Verrill 1899 Description: North American Ophiuroidea;

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  • station number: 220

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) broken in collection 1 History (3)

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

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Saint Lucia
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • St. Lucia
  • Depth:
  • 116 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 13.8383333°, -61.063333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-02-16 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 50′ 18″ N  61° 3′ 48″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-02-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 16, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]
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