MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-333

Ophiozonella insularia (Lyman, 1868)

Syntype of Ophiozona insularia

Date Collected:

1874-07-24

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Fiji | off Matuku

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-333 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-333 Description: Underside view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-333 Description: Handwritten labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.;  Aspect: labels

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Myophiuroidea Metophiurida Ophintegrida Amphilepidida Ophionereidina Ophiolepidoidea Hemieuryalidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Myophiuroidea Metophiurida Ophintegrida Amphilepidida Ophionereidina Ophiolepidoidea Ophiolepididae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 126, Syntype of Ophiozona insularia Lyman, 1878 plate VI figs 149-151
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

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Shows Publication: Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7

  • station number: 173

Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (SEM stub) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: SEM stub with OPH-4121- no. 42/43
fragment (dry) unknown being processed 1 History (3)
Remarks: removed for SEM by Tania Pineda-Enriquez (sample 351) - Arm segment: proximal 2 to 4 seg
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)
Remarks: small tip of arm broken off
¬ Subsample: fragment (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: returned

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Fiji
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Matuku
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 310 - 315 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -19.166666°, 179.666666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1874-07-24 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (19° 10′ 0″ S  179° 40′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1874-07-24
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July 24, 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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