MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2128

Ophiolebes pachyphylax H.L. Clark, 1915

Holotype of Ophiolebes pachyphylax

Date Collected:

1880-06-29

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: Canada | [coordinate data only]

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2128 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels;  Aspect: labels

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2128 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.;  Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2128 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.;  Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiolebes pachyphylax H.L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: [no agent data] in 1915
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: page 194

Clark 1915, page 194, Holotype of Ophiolebes pachyphylax H.L. Clark, 1915 Plate 2 figs 8-9
Media type: text; Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4

  • specimen code: CCCVI
  • station number: 306

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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair arms broken in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-09
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Country:
  • Canada
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • NE end of George's Bank
  • Depth:
  • 524 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 41.5472222°, -65.916666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1880-06-29 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (41° 32′ 50″ N  65° 55′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1880-06-29
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 29, 1880
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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