MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1988

Ophiacantha scutata Lyman, 1878

Holotype of Ophiacantha scutata

Date Collected:

1878-01-18

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Caribbean Sea: Cuba | Near Morro Light, north of Havana

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-1988 JSON-LD

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

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 229, Holotype of Ophiacantha scutata Lyman, 1878 Plate I, figs 1-3
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

  • station number: 16

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-18   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-19
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Near Morro Light, north of Havana
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba, Near Morro Light, north of Havana
  • Depth:
  • 292 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.1833333°, -82.383333° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1877-01-01 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (23° 11′ 0″ N  82° 23′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1878-01-18
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 18, 1878
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]
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