MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2048

Ophiurothamnus discycla (H.L. Clark, 1911)

Holotype of Ophiomitra exigua

Date Collected:

1877-12-01/1878-03-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | south of Havana

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2048 JSON-LD

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2048 Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiurothamnus discycla (H.L. Clark, 1911) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-27
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiomitra exigua Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Identification made date: 1878

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 231, Holotype of Ophiomitra exigua Lyman, 1878 Plate I, figs 4-6
Media type: text; Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids;

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Shows Publication: Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids

  • station number: 58

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=2022-09-30   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-19
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • south of Havana
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 242 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 22.1583333°, -82.358333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1878-01-01 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (22° 9′ 30″ N  82° 21′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1877-12-01 / 1878-03-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • December 1877 - March 1878
  • Collectors:
  • Charles D. Sigsbee; USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • None

  • [Masked]
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