Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2730: Ophiomyxa tumida

St. Kitts & Nevis, Off St. Kitts
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central
January 14, 1879
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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. Kitts & Nevis, Off St. Kitts
Verbatim Locality:	off St. Kitts
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	208 to 270 fms
Coordinates:	17° 17´ 12´´ N 62° 46´ 43´´ W (Datum: unknown)
	[no agent data]; 1879-01-14; Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith
	Coordinate Remarks: coordinates are for station 148
Collecting Date:	January 14, 1879

Collectors

USCSS Blake Expeditions

Identifiers

station number: 146

station number: 147

station number: 148

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (70% ethanol)	good	in collection	2

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