MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2099

Ophiothamnus remotus Lyman, 1878

Syntype of Ophiothamnus remotus

Date Collected:

1873-12-18

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southeast: South Africa | Agulhas Bank, off Cape Colony

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2099 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2099 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2099 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2099 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiothamnus remotus 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 149, Syntype of Ophiothamnus remotus Lyman, 1878 Plate VIII, figs 201-203
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: 142

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 2021-08-12
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-10-30
Remarks: Photographed
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, Southeast
  • Country:
  • South Africa
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Agulhas Bank, off Cape Colony
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 150 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -35.066666°, 18.6166666° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1873-12-18 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (35° 4′ 0″ S  18° 37′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1873-12-18
  • Verbatim Date:
  • December 18, 1873
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]
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