Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1649: Ophiochiton fastigatus

Off Panama
Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Panama
February 23, 1891
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Identifications

Ophiochiton fastigatus Lyman, 1878

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiochitonidae Ophiochiton fastigatus

Identified by World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Ophiochiton carinatus Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiochitonidae Ophiochiton carinatus

Identified by Christian Lutken, Theodor Mortensen in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Lutken and Mortensen 1899, Page 164, Syntype of Ophiochiton carinatus

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Media Details
MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Pacific Ocean
Country:	Panama
Specific Locality:	Off Panama
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	322 fms
Coordinates:	7° 9´ 45´´ N 80° 50´ 0´´ W (Datum: unknown) , Error: 0 m
	[no agent data]; 1891-02-23; Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross
Collecting Date:	February 23, 1891

Collectors

USFC Steamer Albatross

Identifiers

station number: 3354

Part Details

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

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