MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2123

Ophiolebes humilis (Lyman, 1869)

Holotype of Ophiactis humilis

Date Collected:

1868-05-04

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida | Off Bahia Honda

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2123 Description: Handwritten labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.;  Aspect: labels

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2123 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen, arms mostly missing, with a scale bar.;  Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2123 Description: Underside view of single ophiuroid specimen, arms mostly missing,  with a scale bar.;  Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiolebes humilis (Lyman, 1869) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiactis humilis Lyman, 1879
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1869
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; de Pourtales and Lyman 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10;

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Shows Publication: de Pourtales and Lyman 1869 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. I no. 10

  • dredging number: 12
  • station number: 22

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) poor in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-04   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken 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 2022-10-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off Bahia Honda
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Florida, Off Bahia Honda
  • Depth:
  • 324 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.2388888°, -80.994444° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1868-05-04 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (24° 14′ 20″ N  80° 59′ 40″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1868-05-04
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 4, 1868
  • Collectors:
  • Steamer Bibb; Louis F. Pourtales

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