Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2667: Ophiomyxa serpentaria

North of Scotland, between Faeroe Islands and Hebrides Islands
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northeast
[no verbatim date data] (1800-01-01 - 1882-12-31)
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Identifications

Ophiomyxa serpentaria Lyman, 1883

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiomyxidae Ophiomyxa serpentaria

Identified by Theodore Lyman III in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Lyman 1883, Page 274, Holotype of Ophiomyxa serpentaria

Plate VIII figures 114-116

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Specific Locality:	North of Scotland, between Faeroe Islands and Hebrides Islands
Verbatim Locality:	between Faeroe and Hebrides Islands
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	363 fms
Coordinates:	60.202372° -6.500374° (Datum: WGS 1984) , Error: 241375 m
	Penny Benson; 2021-03-11; Source: Google Earth
	Coordinate Remarks: point placed on the border between the Faroe Islands and Hebrides Islands, used GeoLocate to establish error
Collecting Date:	[no verbatim date data] (1800-01-01 - 1882-12-31)

Collectors

HMS Porcupine

Identifiers

station number: 54

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
partial animal (dry)	poor	in collection	1

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