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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3163

Amphioplus (Amphioplus) parviclypeus H.L. Clark, 1915

Syntype of Amphiodia psilochora

Date Collected:

1906-10-23

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Northwest: Japan | Sagami Bay, East of Hatsu Island

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determined As: Amphioplus (Amphioplus) psilochora
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-04
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Amphiodia psilochora H.L. Clark, 1911 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clark in 1911
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Clark 1911 Description: North Pacific Ophiurans in the Collection of the United States National Museum;

(Media Record)(media file)

Shows Publication: Clark 1911Description: North Pacific Ophiurans in the Collection of the United States National Museum

  • station number: 5085

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-25
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-18   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) poor (broken arms) in collection 2 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Country:
  • Japan
  • Specific Locality:
  • Sagami Bay, East of Hatsu Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • In Sagami Bay, Hondo, Japan., Joka Sima Lt., N. 84d E., 14.3 Miles.;
  • Depth:
  • 622 fms
  • Habitat Description:
  • green mud and fine black sand
  • Georeference:
  • 35.1125000, 139.329166 (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1906-10-23 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross - and original label)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (35° 6′ 45″ N  139° 19′ 45″ E)
  • Collecting Method:
  • Lucans sounding machine, 9 foot Agassiz beam trawl
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1906-10-23
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 23 Oct 1906
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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  • [Masked]