MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2361

Macrophiothrix elongata H.L. Clark, 1938

Holotype of Macrophiothrix elongata

Date Collected:

1895-01-01/1895-12-31

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western | Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf)

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2361 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2361 Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Macrophiothrix elongata H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Reviewed by Gordon Hendler May 2013; Identification Made Date: 1938

Clark 1938, page 292, Holotype of Macrophiothrix elongata H.L. Clark, 1938 Plate 24 figure 4
Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
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 date=2022-09-30   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History
Remarks: enclosed label says Holotype & small paratype - paratype was not enclosed (July 2013)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-30

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Persian Gulf
  • Georeference:
  • 26.7505330°, 51.6834270° (Error radius: 465000m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-15 (Source: Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1895-01-01 / 1895-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1895
  • Collector:
  • Frederick W. Townsend

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