MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2456

Macrophiothrix virgata (Lyman, 1862)

Holotype of Ophiothrix virgata

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1861-01-01

Pacific Ocean: Kiribati | Republic of Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2456 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Macrophiothrix virgata (Lyman, 1862)
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiothrix virgata Lyman, 1862
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1876
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1861, page 82, Holotype of Ophiothrix virgata Lyman, 1862
Media type: text; Lyman 1861 Description: Descriptions of New Ophiuridae;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1861 Description: Descriptions of New Ophiuridae

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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 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Country:
  • Kiribati
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Republic of Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Kingsmill Islands
  • Georeference:
  • 1.85428000°, -157.39318° (Error radius: 215388m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-02 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1861-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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