Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2737: Hemieuryale tuberculosa

St. Croix
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Virgin Islands of the United States: Saint Croix
January 4, 1879
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Identifications

Hemieuryale tuberculosa Lyman, 1883

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Hemieuryalidae Hemieuryale tuberculosa

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

Ophioplus tuberculosus (Lyman, 1883)

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Hemieuryalidae Ophioplus tuberculosus

Identified by World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Citations

Lyman 1883, Page 276, Paratype of Hemieuryale tuberculosa

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Country:	Virgin Islands of the United States
Island:	Saint Croix
Specific Locality:	St. Croix
Verbatim Locality:	Off St. Cruz
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	38 fms
Coordinates:	17° 46´ 10´´ N 64° 53´ 15´´ W (Datum: unknown)
	[no agent data]; 1879-01-04; Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith
Collecting Date:	January 4, 1879

Collectors

USCSS Blake Expeditions

Identifiers

station number: 127

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
fragment (dry)	unknown	being processed	1	removed for SEM by Tania Pineda-Enriquez (sample 336) - Arm segment: proximal 5 to 9 seg
whole animal (70% ethanol)	good	in collection	3

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