Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2109: Ophiothamnus vicarius

off Boca Grande
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida
February 15, 1869
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Identifications

Ophiothamnus vicarius Lyman, 1869

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae Ophiothamnus vicarius

Identified by Theodore Lyman III in 1876
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: 9

Citations

de Pourtales and Lyman 1869, Page 342, Syntype of Ophiothamnus vicarius

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Media Details
MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Country:	United States
State/Province:	Florida
Specific Locality:	off Boca Grande
Verbatim Locality:	Florida, Off Boca Grande
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	122 fms
Coordinates:	24° 21´ 0´´ N 82° 1´ 30´´ W (Datum: unknown) , Error: 0 m
	[no agent data]; 1869-02-15; Source: List of dredging stations in North American waters from 1867-1887
Collecting Date:	February 15, 1869

Collectors

Steamer Bibb

Louis F. Pourtales

Identifiers

station number: Two casts

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry)	fair	in collection	4

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