MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2762

Asteroschema intectum Lyman, 1878

Holotype of Asteroschema intectum

Date Collected:

1878-02-01/1878-03-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba: Havana | off Havana

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2762 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2762 Description: Underside view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2762 Description: Handwritten labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.;  Aspect: labels

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Euryalidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Identification made date: 1878

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 253, Holotype of Asteroschema intectum Lyman, 1878 Plate III, figs 59-61
Media type: text; Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids;

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Shows Publication: Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-04   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-19
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • State/Province:
  • Havana
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Havana
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Havana
  • Depth:
  • 175 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.1500000°, -82.358333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-08 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (23° 9′ 0″ N  82° 21′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1878-02-01 / 1878-03-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February - March 1878
  • Collectors:
  • Charles D. Sigsbee; USCSS Blake Expeditions

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