MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2349

Ophiothrix lineata Lyman, 1860

Holotype of Ophiothrix lineata

Date Collected:

1850-01-01/1870-01-01

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central | United States, Florida, Off east coast

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2349 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2349 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-2349 Ophiothrix lineata Holotype Description

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2349 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-2349 Ophiothrix lineata Holotype Description

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2349 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-2349 Ophiothrix lineata Holotype Description

Current Identification
Ophiothrix lineata Lyman, 1860 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1860
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Lyman 1860, page 201, Holotype of Ophiothrix lineata Lyman, 1860
Media type: text; Lyman 1860 Description: New Ophiuridae belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology;

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Shows Publication: Lyman 1860 Description: New Ophiuridae belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology

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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 2022-10-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-07   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) poor (broken arms) in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-07

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8749 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • United States, Florida, Off east coast
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • east coast of Florida
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1850-01-01 / 1870-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Louis Agassizlinked data icon

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