MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1294

Amphiura (Amphiura) capensis Ljungman, 1867

Syntype of Amphiura capensis

Date Collected:

1800-01-01/1866-01-01

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western: South Africa | between Cape of Good Hope and Port Natal (Durban)

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Current Identification
Amphiura (Amphiura) capensis Ljungman, 1867 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-04
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Amphiura capensis Ljungman, 1866
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Axel Vilhelm Ljungman in 1866
Nature of ID: type ID

Ljungman 1866, page 320, Syntype of Amphiura capensis Ljungman, 1866
Media type: text; Ljungman 1866 Description: Ophiuroidea viventia hue usque cognita enumerat;

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) broken - arms missing in collection 1 History (3)
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  

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, Western
  • Country:
  • South Africa
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • between Cape of Good Hope and Port Natal (Durban)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • between Cape of Good Hope and Port Natal
  • Georeference:
  • -34.087337°, 25.6239250° (Error radius: 706390m) By: Adam J. Baldinger on 2020-04-03 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1800-01-01 / 1866-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Hjalmar Kinberg

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