MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-164

Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879)

Syntype of Ophioconis antarctica

Date Collected:

1874-02-02

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern: Heard Islands: Heard Islands | Heard Island and McDonald Islands

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-164 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophioconis antarctica Lyman, 1879 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1879
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1879, page 44, Syntype of Ophioconis antarctica Lyman, 1879 Plate XIV. Figs. 380-382
Media type: text; Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2;

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  • station number: 150

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 3 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern
  • Country:
  • Heard Islands
  • Island Group:
  • Heard Islands
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Australia
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Heard Island
  • Depth:
  • 150 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -52.066666°, 71.3666666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1874-02-02 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (52° 4′ 0″ S  71° 22′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1874-02-02
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 2, 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]
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