MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2209

Ophiacantha rosea Lyman, 1879

Syntype of Ophiacantha rosea

Date Collected:

1876-01-05

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Chile | off Tom's Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2209 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2209 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Ophiacantha rosea Lyman, 1879
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 139, Syntype of Ophiacantha rosea Lyman, 1879 Plate X, Figs 267, 268
Media type: text; Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids;

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Shows Publication: Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids

  • station number: 308

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 4 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:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Chile
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Tom's Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 175 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -50.166666°, -74.700000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1876-01-05 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (50° 10′ 0″ S  74° 42′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1876-01-05
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 5, 1876
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]
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