MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2529

Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) spiculata LeConte, 1851

Syntype of Ophiothrix dumosa

Date Collected:

1850-01-01/1859-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: United States: California | San Diego

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2529 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2529 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2529 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2529 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) spiculata LeConte, 1851 linked data icon
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 dumosa Lyman, 1860 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1860
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1860, page 253, Syntype of Ophiothrix dumosa Lyman, 1860
Media type: text; Lyman 1860 Description: New Ophiuridae belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology;

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Shows Publication: Lyman 1860 Description: New Ophiuridae belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology

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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 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-09-30   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: Photographed by Quetzalli Hernandez July 2014

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • California
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • San Diego
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • San Diego, Cal
  • Locality Remarks:
  • this is a marine locality PBenson March 2020
  • Georeference:
  • 32.6500000°, -117.13333° (Error radius: 647m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-03-19 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1850-01-01 / 1859-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • A. Cassidy

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  • Some Parts have been Deaccessioned
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