MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1637

Ophiactis profundi novaezelandiae Mortensen, 1924

Syntype of Ophiactis profundi var. novaezelandiae

Date Collected:

1920-08-01/1920-08-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southwest | New Zealand; Cook Strait

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1637 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1637 Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiactis profundi novaezelandiae Mortensen, 1924 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiactis profundi var. novaezelandiae Mortensen, 1924 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determined As: Ophiactis profundi novaezelandiae
Determiner: Theodor Mortensen in 1925
Nature of ID: type ID

Mortensen 1924, page 124, Syntype of Ophiactis profundi var. novaezelandiae Mortensen, 1924
Media type: text; Mortensen 1924 Description: II. Ophiuroidea;

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-18   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 2 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southwest
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • New Zealand
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • New Zealand; Cook Strait
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cook Strait, New Zealand
  • Depth:
  • 120 fms
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1920-08-01 / 1920-08-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • August 1920
  • Collector:
  • Theodor Mortensen

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