MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1492

Ophiostigma abnorme (Lyman, 1878)

Holotype of Ophiocnida abnormis

Date Collected:

1877-12-01/1878-03-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida | Straits of Florida

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1492 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiostigma abnorme (Lyman, 1878) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiocnida abnormis Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 227, Holotype of Ophiocnida abnormis Lyman, 1878 Plate II, figs 37-39
Media type: text; Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids;

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  • station number: 45

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

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27
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
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Straits of Florida
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Straits of Florida
  • Depth:
  • 101 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 25.5500000°, -84.350000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1877-01-01 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (25° 33′ 0″ N  84° 21′ 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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  • [Masked]
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