MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1302

Amphiura concolor Lyman, 1879

Syntype of Amphiura concolor

Date Collected:

1875-10-27

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southeast: High Seas | High Seas

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1302 Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Amphiura concolor Lyman, 1879 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1879
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1879, page 27, Syntype of Amphiura concolor Lyman, 1879 Plate XII Figs 317-319
Media type: text; Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2;

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  • station number: 291

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 date=2022-09-27   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good and broken in collection 3 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

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southeast
  • Country:
  • High Seas
  • Specific Locality:
  • High Seas
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 2250 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -39.216666°, -118.81666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1875-10-27 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • degrees dec. minutes (39° 13.000000′ S  118° 49.00000000′ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1875-10-27
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 27, 1875
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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