MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2389

Ophiothrix pallida Ljungman, 1872

Syntype of Ophiothrix pallida

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1871-01-01

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Anguilla | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2389 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2389 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2389 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2389 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiothrix pallida Ljungman, 1872 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Axel Vilhelm Ljungman in 1871
Nature of ID: type ID

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Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (dry) good deaccessioned - used up 1 History
Remarks: SEM sampled by Quetzalli Hernandez July 2014
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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History
Remarks: Photographed by Quetzalli Hernandez July 2014

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-03-07
Remarks: Lot photographed
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Anguilla
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Anguilla, West Indies
  • Depth:
  • 180 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 18.2166670°, -63.050000° (Error radius: 31247m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1871-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Axel Goes

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  • Deaccessioned
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