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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-167

Ophiuroconis miliaria (Lyman, 1878)

Holotype of Ophioconis miliaria

Date Collected:

1877/1878

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | Off Havana

Current Identification
Ophiuroconis miliaria (Lyman, 1878) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman III in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 221, Holotype of Ophioconis miliaria Lyman, 1878 Plate III figus 49-51
Media type: text; Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor in collection 1 History
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 2022-10-11
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-11   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-11
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-19
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off Havana
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Havana
  • Depth:
  • 243 - 450 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.1913950, -82.460469 (Error radius: 19366m) By: Penny Benson on 2021-07-12 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1877-01-01 / 1878-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1877 - 1878
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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