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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1942

Ophiacantha cuspidata Lyman, 1878

Syntype of Ophiacantha cuspidata

Date Collected:

1876-04-03

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southeast: Saint Helena, Ascension en Tristan da Cunha | Ascension Island, St. Helena

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1942 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiacantha cuspidata Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman III in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 143, Syntype of Ophiacantha cuspidata Lyman, 1878 plate X figs 248-250
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7

  • station number: 344

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 date=2022-09-27   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair in collection 1 History

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:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Saint Helena, Ascension en Tristan da Cunha
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Ascension Island, St. Helena
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Ascension Island
  • Depth:
  • 420 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -6.8552950, -16.327560 (Error radius: 375.83km) By: Penny Benson on 2014-08-01 (Source: Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1876-04-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • April 3, 1876
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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