Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2497: Ophiothela danae

Arabian Gulf / Persion Gulf
Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western
1861 (1861-01-01 - 1861-04-01)
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Identifications

Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae Ophiothela danae

Identified by World Register of Marine Species on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Ophiothela caerulea H.L. Clark, 1915

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae Ophiothela caerulea

Identified by Hubert Lyman Clark in 1915
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Clark 1915, Page 283, Holotype of Ophiothela caerulea

Plate 14 fig 1

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Media Details
MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Indian Ocean
Specific Locality:	Arabian Gulf / Persion Gulf
Verbatim Locality:	Arabian Gulf
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	25.687335° 51.209542° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 433454 m
	Penny Benson; 2015-04-06; Source: Google Earth
	Coordinate Remarks: Georeferenced to the center of the Persian Gulf, the max error applies to the maximum distance from the center of the Gulf
Collecting Date:	1861 (1861-01-01 - 1861-04-01)

Collectors

Chas. Mullet

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry)	good	in collection	1

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