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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-144

Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Holotype of Pectinura marmorata

Date Collected:

1800/1867

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Philippines | Bohol Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-144 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-03
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Pectinura marmorata Lyman, 1874 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clark in 1874
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1874, page 222, Holotype of Pectinura marmorata Lyman, 1874 Plate V figs. 1-7
Media type: text; Lyman 1874 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. III no. 10;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1874 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. III no. 10

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor in collection 1 History
tissue (dry) poor, broken in many pieces 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  

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

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Philippines
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Bohol Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Bohol Philippine Islands
  • Depth:
  • 8 - 10 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 9.60697000, 124.296143 (Error radius: 58288m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-06 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1800-01-01 / 1867-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Carl Semper

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