MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2063

Ophioplinthaca sarsii (Lyman, 1878)

Syntype of Ophiomitra sarsii

Date Collected:

1873-01-01/1876-12-31

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern: South Africa: Marion Island | off Marion Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2063 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophioplinthaca sarsii (Lyman, 1878) 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 sarsii 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 151, Syntype of Ophiomitra sarsii Lyman, 1878 plate VIII figs 216, 217
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

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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) fair (broken arms) in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern
  • Country:
  • South Africa
  • Island:
  • Marion Island
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://sws.geonames.org/7778802 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Marion Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • near Marion Island
  • Depth:
  • 1375 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -46.894895°, 37.7496710° (Error radius: 20531m) By: Penny Benson on 2021-03-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1873-01-01 / 1876-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1873-1876
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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