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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-154

Bathypectinura heros amp;Lyman&&1879&

Holotype of Pectinura tessellata

Date Collected:

1878-01-04

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Virgin Islands of the United States: Saint Croix | off Frederickstadt

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-154 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Bathypectinura heros (Lyman, 1879) 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 tessellata Lyman, 1883 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman III in 1905
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: 3

Lyman 1883, page 230, Holotype of Pectinura tessellata Lyman, 1883 Plate III figures 1-3

  • station number: 130

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor (broken arms) in collection 1 History
tissue (dry) fair; 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  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Virgin Islands of the United States
  • Island:
  • Saint Croix
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Frederickstadt
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • U.S. Virgin Islands, Off Frederickstadt, St. Croix
  • Depth:
  • 451 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 17.7166666, -64.919444 (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1878-01-04 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (17° 43′ 0″ N  64° 55′ 10″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1878-01-04
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 4, 1878
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]
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