MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2498

Ophiopsammium semperi Lyman, 1874

Holotype of Ophiopsammium semperi

Date Collected:

1800-01-01/1874-01-01

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Philippines | Philippines

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1874
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1874, page 232, Holotype of Ophiopsammium semperi Lyman, 1874 Plate IV Figs 11-17
Media type: text; Lyman 1874 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. III no. 10;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1874 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. III no. 10

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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 2022-10-25
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-21   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 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Philippines
  • Specific Locality:
  • Philippines
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Philippines
  • Depth:
  • 6 - 35 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 9.63946500°, 123.406250° (Error radius: 827112m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-05 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1800-01-01 / 1874-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • late 1800's
  • Collector:
  • Carl Semper

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