MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1329

Amphiura mediterranea Lyman, 1882

Syntype of Amphiura mediterranea

Date Collected:

1873/1876

Atlantic Ocean: Mediterranean Sea: Italy: Tyrrhenian Sea | Gulf of Naples

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Lyman 1882 Description: REPORT on the Ophiuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1882 Description: REPORT on the Ophiuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876

  • station number: unknown

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 2022-10-11
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-07   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 4 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-07

  • None

  • Lyman description says "form typical of the Mediterranean Sea"

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Sea:
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Water Feature:
  • Tyrrhenian Sea
  • Country:
  • Italy
  • Specific Locality:
  • Gulf of Naples
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Naples
  • Georeference:
  • 40.6980440°, 14.2172290° (Error radius: 23000m) By: Murat Recevik on 2020-04-13 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1873-01-01 / 1876-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1873-1876
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]