Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2048: Ophiurothamnus discycla

south of Havana
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba
December 1877 - March 1878 (1877-12-01 - 1878-03-31)
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Identifications

Ophiurothamnus discycla (H.L. Clark, 1911)

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae Ophiurothamnus discycla

Identified by [no agent data] on 2015-02-27
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS

Ophiomitra exigua Lyman, 1878

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae Ophiomitra exigua

Identified by Theodore Lyman III
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Identification made date: 1878

Citations

Agassiz et al. 1878, Page 231, Holotype of Ophiomitra exigua

Plate I, figs 4-6

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Media Details
U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Country:	Cuba
Specific Locality:	south of Havana
Verbatim Locality:	[coordinate data only]
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	242 fms
Coordinates:	22° 9´ 30´´ N 82° 21´ 30´´ W (Datum: unknown)
	[no agent data]; 1878-01-01; Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith
	Coordinate Remarks: Also referred to as Sigsbee Station 11
Collecting Date:	December 1877 - March 1878 (1877-12-01 - 1878-03-31)

Collectors

Charles D. Sigsbee

USCSS Blake Expeditions

Identifiers

station number: 58

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry)	good	in collection	1

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