MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2126

Ophiochondrus crassispinus Lyman, 1883

Holotype of Ophiochondrus crassispinus

Date Collected:

1880-07-12

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States | [coordinate data only]

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1883, page 275, Holotype of Ophiochondrus crassispinus Lyman, 1883 Plate VII figures 111-113

  • station number: 316

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-09-27   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-20
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 229 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 32.1166666°, -78.625000° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1880-07-12 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (32° 7′ 0″ N  78° 37′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1880-07-12
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July 12, 1880
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]