Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2131: Ophiomyces frutectosus

off Sand Key
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida
May 15, 1868
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Identifications

Ophiomyces frutectosus Lyman, 1869

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae Ophiomyces frutectosus

Identified by Theodore Lyman III
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Identification made date: 1869

Citations

de Pourtales and Lyman 1869, Page 345, Holotype of Ophiomyces frutectosus

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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 Sand Key
Verbatim Locality:	Florida: off Sand Key
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	100 fms
Coordinates:	24.356772° -81.931444° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 13947 m
	Penny Benson; 2020-10-29; Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith
	Coordinate Remarks: Station data unavailable per Sanderson Smith
Collecting Date:	May 15, 1868

Collectors

Louis F. Pourtales

Steamer Bibb

Identifiers

station number: Cast No. 3

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry)	fair	in collection	1

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