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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2730

Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883

Paratype of Ophiomyxa tumida

Date Collected:

1879-01-14

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Saint Kitts and Nevis | off St. Kitts

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: 146
  • station number: 147
  • station number: 148

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 2 History

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Specific Locality:
  • off St. Kitts
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off St. Kitts
  • Depth:
  • 208 - 270 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 17.2866666, -62.778611 (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-01-14 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (17° 17′ 12″ N  62° 46′ 43″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-01-14
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 14, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]

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