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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2115

Ophiomoeris obstricta (Lyman, 1878)

Syntype of Ophiomoeris spinosa

Date Collected:

1899-10-12

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Indonesia: Maluku Islands | Kei Islands

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2115 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiomoeris obstricta (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
Ophiomoeris spinosa Koehler, 1904 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: René Koehler
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: date determined: 1904

Koehler 1904, page 17, Syntype of Ophiomoeris spinosa Koehler, 1904 Plate 4, figures 1-3
Media type: text; Koehler 1904 Description: Ophiures de L'Expedition du Siboga;

(Media Record)(media file)

Shows Publication Koehler 1904 Description: Ophiures de L'Expedition du Siboga

  • station number: 253

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=2022-10-21   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 2 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:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Indonesia
  • Island Group:
  • Maluku Islands
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Kei Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • South of Taam, Kei Islands
  • Depth:
  • 167 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -5.8033333, 132.216666 (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1899-10-12 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (5° 48′ 12″ S  132° 13′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1899-10-12
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 12, 1899
  • Collector:
  • Siboga Expedition

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  • None

  • [Masked]
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