MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2276

Macrophiothrix capillaris (Lyman, 1879)

Syntype of Ophiothrix capillaris

Date Collected:

1875-01-22

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Philippines | Cebu Strait

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2276 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Macrophiothrix capillaris (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 capillaris 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 51, Syntype of Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879 Plate XIV Figs. 401-404
Media type: text; Lyman 1879 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2;

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

  • station number: 209

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) broken in collection 2 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, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Philippines
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Cebu Strait
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cebu Strait, Phillipines
  • Depth:
  • 95 - 100 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 10.1666666°, 123.916666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 2014-08-01 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (10° 10′ 0″ N  123° 55′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1875-01-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 22, 1875
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]
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