MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1469

Amphioplus (Lymanella) laevis (Lyman, 1874)

Holotype of Amphiura laevis

Date Collected:

1873-07-01/1873-07-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Philippines | Philippines

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1469 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1469 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1469 Description: Underside view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1469 Description: Handwritten labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Current Identification
Amphioplus (Lymanella) laevis (Lyman, 1874) 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 laevis Lyman, 1874 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1874
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1874, page 229, Holotype of Amphiura laevis Lyman, 1874 Plate IV, Figs. 18-21
Media type: text; Lyman 1874 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. III no. 10;

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

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor (missing arms) in collection 1 History (3)
tissue (dry) poor 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:
  • Philippines
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Philippines
  • Depth:
  • 6 - 35 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 9.63946500°, 123.406250° (Error radius: 827112m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-05 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1873-07-01 / 1873-07-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July 1873
  • Collector:
  • Carl Semper

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