MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2697

Ophioplus tuberculosus (Lyman, 1883)

Holotype of Hemieuryale tuberculosa

Date Collected:

1879-02-10

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

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Hemieuryalidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Hemieuryalidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1883, page 276, Holotype of Hemieuryale tuberculosa Lyman, 1883 Plate VIII figures 123-127

  • station number: 203

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 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   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 2022-11-04
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-15
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Martinique
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • France
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Martinique
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Martinique
  • Depth:
  • 96 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 14.4805555°, -61.094444° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-02-10 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (14° 28′ 50″ N  61° 5′ 40″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-02-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 10, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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