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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2676

Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883

Paratype of Ophiomyxa tumida

Date Collected:

1879-02-16

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Saint Lucia | [coordinate data only]

Current Identification
Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiomyxidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman III in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

  • station number: 220

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) good and broken in collection 2 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-27
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Saint Lucia
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • St. Lucia
  • Depth:
  • 116 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 13.8383333, -61.063333 (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-02-16 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 50′ 18″ N  61° 3′ 48″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-02-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 16, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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