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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-235

Bathypectinura heros (Lyman, 1879)

Holotype of Pectinura lacertosa

Date Collected:

1879-02-28

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Grenada | Milligen Key

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-235 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-235 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-235 Bathypectinura heros Holotype Description

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-235 Description: Preserved specimen.;

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-235 Bathypectinura heros Holotype Description

Current Identification
Bathypectinura heros (Lyman, 1879) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-03
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Pectinura lacertosa Lyman, 1883 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman III in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1883, page 231, Holotype of Pectinura lacertosa Lyman, 1883 Plate III figs 4-6

  • station number: 259

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 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-08
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-18

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Grenada
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Milligen Key
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Grenada
  • Depth:
  • 129 - 159 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 12.0541666°, -61.773611° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-02-28 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (12° 3′ 15″ N  61° 46′ 25″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-02-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 28, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]
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