MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2273

Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) caespitosa Lyman, 1879

Syntype of Ophiothrix caespitosa

Date Collected:

1873-01-01/1876-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southwest: Australia: New South Wales | Port Jackson

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2273 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) caespitosa Lyman, 1879 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiothrix caespitosa Lyman, 1879 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1879
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1879, page 53, Syntype of Ophiothrix caespitosa Lyman, 1879 Plate XV Figs 417-420
Media type: text; Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2;

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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 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good, arms broken in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southwest
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • New South Wales
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Port Jackson
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • N.S.W: Port Jackson
  • Georeference:
  • -33.855494°, 151.235001° (Error radius: 7865m) By: Jennifer Goldstein on 2020-07-06 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1873-01-01 / 1876-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1873-1876
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • station 163a was off Port Jackson on June 3, 1874 collecting at 30-35fms - information not provided on data cards [PBenson August 2021]
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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