MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2142

Ophiotholia spathifer (Lyman, 1879)

Syntype of Ophiomyces spathifer

Date Collected:

1875-06-04

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Northwest: Japan | off southern Japan

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2142 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiotholia spathifer (Lyman, 1879) 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
Ophiomyces spathifer Lyman, 1879 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1879
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1879, page 47, Syntype of Ophiomyces spathifer Lyman, 1879 Plate XIV Figs. 386-388a
Media type: text; Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2

  • station number: 235

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor (missing arms) in collection 1 History
tissue (dry) poor 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  

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, Northwest
  • Country:
  • Japan
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off southern Japan
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off southern Japan
  • Depth:
  • 565 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 34.1166666°, 138.000000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1875-06-04 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (34° 7′ 0″ N  138° 0′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1875-06-04
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 4, 1875
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]
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