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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2677

Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883

Paratype of Ophiomyxa tumida

Date Collected:

1879-01-24

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Dominica | off Dominica

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2677 JSON-LD

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: 177

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) fair in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-06
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Dominica
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Dominica
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Dominica
  • Depth:
  • 118 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 15.5383333, -61.502777 (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1879-01-24 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (15° 32′ 18″ N  61° 30′ 10″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-01-24
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 24, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]
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