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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2018

Ophialcaea tuberculosa (Lyman, 1878)

Syntype of Ophiacantha tuberculosa

Date Collected:

1875-01-25

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Philippines | off Negros

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2018 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophialcaea tuberculosa (Lyman, 1878) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiacantha tuberculosa Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman III in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 137, Syntype of Ophiacantha tuberculosa Lyman, 1878 plate VIII figs 204-205
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: 210

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 2022-11-04
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Philippines
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Negros
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 375 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 9.43333333, 123.750000 (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1875-01-25 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (9° 26′ 0″ N  123° 45′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1875-01-25
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 25, 1875
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
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