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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2729

Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883

Paratype of Ophiomyxa tumida

Date Collected:

1879-01-16

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Montserrat | [coordinate data only]

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: 155-158

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 8 History

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Montserrat
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Montserrat
  • Depth:
  • 85 - 148 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 16.6983333°, -62.223333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-01-16 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (16° 41′ 54″ N  62° 13′ 24″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-01-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 16, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]

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