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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1288

Amphiura antarctica Studer, 1876

Syntype of Amphiura antarctica

Date Collected:

1874/1876

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern: Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Iles Kerguelen, Whale Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1288 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Amphiura antarctica Studer, 1876 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Theophile R. Studer in 1876
Nature of ID: type ID

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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 Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern
  • Country:
  • Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [antarctic treaty area]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Iles Kerguelen, Whale Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Kerguelen, Whale Bay
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Whale Bay is a historical name not on current maps
  • Georeference:
  • -49.137031°, 69.3544630° (Error radius: 2753m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-06-05 (Source: GEOLocate and 19thcenturyscience.org map)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1874-01-01 / 1876-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1874-1876
  • Collector:
  • Gazelle Expedition

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