MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-314

Ophiozonella alba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

Syntype of Ophiozona alba

Date Collected:

1891-03-01

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Costa Rica | near Cocos Islands

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-314 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiozonella alba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiozona alba Lütken, 1899
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiolepididae
Determiner: Christian Lütken in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Lutken and Mortensen 1899, page 102, Syntype of Ophiozona alba Lütken, 1899 plate VI figs 7-9
Media type: text; Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2;

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  • station number: 3371

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 2022-09-30
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 2 History (3)
Remarks: small tip of arm broken off

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Costa Rica
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • near Cocos Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • near Cocos Islands
  • Depth:
  • 770 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 5.43888888°, -86.916666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1891-03-01 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (5° 26′ 20″ N  86° 55′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-03-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 1, 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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  • [Masked]
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