Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3247: Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) koreana

Oshima Island
Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Northwest: Japan
[no verbatim date data] (1853-01-01 - 1856-12-31)
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Identifications

Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) koreana Duncan, 1879

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) koreana

Identified by World Register of Marine Species on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Ophiothrix eusteira H L Clark, 1911

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae Ophiothrix eusteira

Identified by Hubert Lyman Clark
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Identification made date: 1911

Citations

Clark 1911, Page 265, Paratype of Ophiothrix eusteira

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Media Details
North Pacific Ophiurans in the Collection of the United States National Museum

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Pacific Ocean
Country:	Japan
Specific Locality:	Oshima Island
Verbatim Locality:	Japan: Ousima
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	36.983333° 136.766667° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 3036 m
	Penny Benson; 2015-04-08; Source: GEOLocate
	Coordinate Remarks: Georeferenced to Oshima Island and surrounding waters
Collecting Date:	[no verbatim date data] (1853-01-01 - 1856-12-31)

Collectors

William Stimpson

North Pacific Exploring Expedition

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry)	fair broken	in collection	1

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