MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2722

Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883

Paratype of Ophiomyxa tumida

Date Collected:

1879-01-05

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Virgin Islands of the United States: Saint Croix | off Frederickstadt

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

  • station number: 132
  • station number: 139

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 3 History

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Virgin Islands of the United States
  • Island:
  • Saint Croix
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Frederickstadt
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Frederikstadt, St. Croix
  • Depth:
  • 117 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 17.6319444°, -64.905555° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1879-01-05 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (17° 37′ 55″ N  64° 54′ 20″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-01-05
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 5, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]

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