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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2728

Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883

Paratype of Ophiomyxa tumida

Date Collected:

1879-02-20/1879-03-03

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | off St. Vincent

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: 231
  • station number: 269

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 5 History

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Specific Locality:
  • off St. Vincent
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off St. Vincent.
  • Depth:
  • 95 - 124 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 13.2027777, -61.288333 (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-02-20 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 12′ 10″ N  61° 17′ 18″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1879-02-20 / 1879-03-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 20 & March 3, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]

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