MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2340

Ophiothrix galapagensis Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Syntype of Ophiothrix galapagensis

Date Collected:

1891-03-28

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Ecuador: Galápagos: Galapagos Archipelago | Galapagos Islands, East of San Cristobal Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2340 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2340 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2340 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2340 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiothrix galapagensis Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Christian Lütken; Theodor Mortensen in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Lutken and Mortensen 1899, page 181, Syntype of Ophiothrix galapagensis Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 plate XX figs 1-4
Media type: text; Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2;

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  • station number: 3405

Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (dry) good deaccessioned - used up 1 History
Remarks: SEM sampled by Quetzalli Hernandez July 2014
tissue (dry) poor in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-04   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: Photographed by Quetzalli Hernandez July 2014

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Ecuador
  • State/Province:
  • Galápagos
  • Island Group:
  • Galapagos Archipelago
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Galapagos Islands, East of San Cristobal Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • East of San Cristobal Island, Galapagos
  • Depth:
  • 53 fms
  • Habitat Description:
  • pebbles and coral and shells
  • Georeference:
  • -0.9500000°, -89.633333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1891-03-28 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • degrees dec. minutes (0° 57.000000′ S  89° 38.00000000′ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • Tangles
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-03-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 28 March 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

  • None

  • None

  • Deaccessioned
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