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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1320

Amphiura (Amphiura) grandisquama Lyman, 1869

Holotype of Amphiura grandisquama

Date Collected:

1869-05-07

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida | Off Tennessee Reef

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1320 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Amphiura (Amphiura) grandisquama Lyman, 1869 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Amphiura grandisquama Lyman, 1869 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman III in 1869
Nature of ID: type ID

de Pourtales and Lyman 1869, page 334, Holotype of Amphiura grandisquama Lyman, 1869
Media type: text; de Pourtales and Lyman 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: de Pourtales and Lyman 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10

  • station number: 182, cast no. 9

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 2022-10-04
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-04   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 2022-10-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off Tennessee Reef
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Tennessee Reef
  • Depth:
  • 174 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.4875000°, -80.550000° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1869-05-07 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (24° 29′ 15″ N  80° 33′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1869-05-07
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 7, 1869
  • Collectors:
  • Steamer Bibb; Louis F. Pourtales

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
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