Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1555: Ophiopsila fulva

Cuba, off Havana
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central
February - March 1878 (1878-02-01 - 1878-03-31)
BerkeleyMapper Use ctrl+scroll wheel on your mouse or double click
to zoom in on the map to see coordinate uncertainty.
Use the BerkeleyMapper link to display a map with the georeferenced coordinates and the error radius. See Display on left of pages to toggle between Point Marker showing the radius and â€œMarkerClusterâ€� showing the specimen data when clicked.

Identifications

Ophiopsila fulva Lyman, 1878

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiocomidae Ophiopsila fulva

Identified by Theodore Lyman III
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Identification made date: 1878

Citations

Agassiz et al. 1878, Page 227, Holotype of Ophiopsila fulva

Plate II, figs 25-27

text (text/html)
Media Details
U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Specific Locality:	Cuba, off Havana
Verbatim Locality:	off Havana
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	175 fms
Coordinates:	23° 9´ 0´´ N 82° 21´ 30´´ W (Datum: unknown)
	Penny Benson; 2015-04-08; Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith
	Coordinate Remarks: Coordinates are for station 56 of the Blake Expedition (the specimens on this location have no station information)
Collecting Date:	February - March 1878 (1878-02-01 - 1878-03-31)

Collectors

Charles D. Sigsbee

USCSS Blake Expeditions

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry)	fair arms missing	in collection	1

Remarks: specimen description enclosed with specimen

MCZBASE:The Database of the Zoological Collections