MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1476

Amphiura tumida Lyman, 1878

Holotype of Amphiura tumida

Date Collected:

1877-12-01/1878-03-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: United States | off mouth of the Mississippi River

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1476 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Amphiura tumida Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Amphioplus tumidus (Lyman, 1878) 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

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 225, Holotype of Amphiura tumida Lyman, 1878 plate II, figs 28-30
Media type: text; Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids

  • station number: 47

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good; broken in pieces in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair (arms broken) in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-16
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • United States
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off mouth of the Mississippi River
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off mouth of the Mississippi River
  • Depth:
  • 321 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 28.7000000°, -88.666666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1877-12-01 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (28° 42′ 0″ N  88° 40′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1877-12-01 / 1878-03-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • December 1877-March 1878
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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