MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2203

Ophiacantha pentacrinus Lütken, 1869

Syntype of Ophiacantha meridionalis

Date Collected:

1868-01-01/1869-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: United States: Florida | off Florida Keys

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2203 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2203 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Ophiacantha pentacrinus Lütken, 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
Ophiacantha meridionalis Lyman, 1869 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1869
Nature of ID: type ID

de Pourtales and Lyman 1869, page 324, Syntype of Ophiacantha meridionalis Lyman, 1869
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

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-18
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-04   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 3 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-18

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Florida Keys
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Florida Keys
  • Depth:
  • 237 - 250 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 24.5822600°, -81.640080° (Error radius: 166219m) By: Adam J. Baldinger on 2023-10-16 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1868-01-01 / 1869-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1868-1869
  • Collectors:
  • Louis F. Pourtales; Steamer Bibb

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