MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3370

Amphiura carchara H.L. Clark, 1911

Syntype of Amphiura carchara

Date Collected:

1890-08-28/1890-08-29

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Northeast | United States, Alaska, Alaska Peninsula, Shumagin Bank and South of Chirikof Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3370 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Amphiura carchara H.L. Clark, 1911 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1911
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1911, page 142, Syntype of Amphiura carchara H.L. Clark, 1911
Media type: text; Clark 1911 Description: North Pacific Ophiurans in the Collection of the United States National Museum;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

  • station number: 3338
  • station number: 3340

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-01   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 7 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

  • None

  • None

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Northeast
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [unknown]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • United States, Alaska, Alaska Peninsula, Shumagin Bank and South of Chirikof Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Alaska Peninsula, Shumagin Bank and South of Chirikof Island
  • Depth:
  • 625 - 695 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 54.3166666°, -159.66666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1890-08-28 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (54° 19′ 0″ N  159° 40′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • Large Beam Trawl
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1890-08-28 / 1890-08-29
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 28 & 29 Aug 1890
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
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