Invertebrate Zoology OPH-165: Ophiolimna antarctica

South Africa, Prince Edward Islands: Marion Island
Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern
1873-1876 (1873-01-01 - 1876-12-31)
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

Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879)

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae Ophiolimna antarctica

Identified by World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Ophioconis antarctica Lyman, 1879

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae Ophioconis antarctica

Identified by Theodore Lyman III in 1879
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Lyman 1879, Page 44, Syntype of Ophioconis antarctica

Plate XIV. Figs. 380-382

text (text/html)
Media Details
MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Indian Ocean
Specific Locality:	South Africa, Prince Edward Islands: Marion Island
Verbatim Locality:	off Marion I.
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	-47.130823° 36.585113° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 390000 m
	[no agent data]; 2014-05-22; Source: GEOLocate
Collecting Date:	1873-1876 (1873-01-01 - 1876-12-31)

Collectors

HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
partial animal (dry)	broken	in collection	1

Database content:
(c) Copyright 2021 President and Fellows of Harvard College
Privacy Statement | User Agreement | Accessibility

Delivering Data to the Natural Sciences Community & Beyond

MCZBASE:The Database of the Zoological Collections