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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1438

Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852)

Syntype of Ophiolepis atra

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1852-01-01

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: South Carolina | Charleston Bay, Ft. Johnson

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1438 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1438 Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1438 Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1438 Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-27
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiolepis atra Stimpson, 1854
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiolepididae
Determiner: William Stimpson on 1852-06-02
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Published by the BSNH in 1854, Stimpson described and presented this type on June 2, 1852

Stimpson 1854, page 225, Syntype of Ophiolepis atra Stimpson, 1854
Media type: text; Stimpson 1854 Description: Description;

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Shows Publication Stimpson 1854 Description: Description

  • collector number: 246

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) broken in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2022-12-08
Remarks: imaged
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, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • South Carolina
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Charleston Bay, Ft. Johnson
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Charleston Bay, Ft. Johnson
  • Georeference:
  • 32.7539590, -79.899032 (Error radius: 561m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-06-06 (Source: GEOLocate, Google Maps, http://www.charlestonsfinest.com/sc/forts.htm)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1852-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • <1852
  • Collector:
  • William Stimpson

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