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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-265

Ophiomoeris obstricta (Lyman, 1878)

Syntype of Ophioceramis obstricta

Date Collected:

1874-09-26

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Indonesia | Kei Islands near Aru Islands

Current Identification
Ophiomoeris obstricta (Lyman, 1878) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophiurinae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman III in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7

  • station number: 192

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 2022-10-14
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   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 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Indonesia
  • Specific Locality:
  • Kei Islands near Aru Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 129 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -5.8166666, 132.233333 (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1874-09-26 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (5° 49′ 0″ S  132° 14′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1874-09-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • September 26, 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]