Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2728: Ophiomyxa tumida

St. Vincent and Grenadines, Off St. Vincent
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central
February 20 & March 3, 1879 (1879-02-20 - 1879-03-03)
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Identifications

Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiomyxidae Ophiomyxa tumida

Identified by Theodore Lyman III in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Lyman 1883, Page 272, Paratype of Ophiomyxa tumida

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Specific Locality:	St. Vincent and Grenadines, Off St. Vincent
Verbatim Locality:	Off St. Vincent.
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	95 to 124 fms
Coordinates:	13° 12´ 10´´ N 61° 17´ 18´´ W (Datum: unknown)
	[no agent data]; 1879-02-20; Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith
	Coordinate Remarks: station 269 = 13° 7´ 55´´ N 61° 5´ 36´´ W
Collecting Date:	February 20 & March 3, 1879 (1879-02-20 - 1879-03-03)

Collectors

USCSS Blake Expeditions

Identifiers

station number: 231

station number: 269

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (70% ethanol)	good	in collection	5

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