MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1955

Ophiacantha imago Lyman, 1878

Syntype of Ophiacantha imago

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-1955 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1955 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1955 Description: Underside view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1955 Description: Handwritten labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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

Lyman 1878, page 139, Syntype of Ophiacantha imago Lyman, 1878
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

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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 2022-10-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-04   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) poor broken in collection 2 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-04

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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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