MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3482

Microphiura decipiens Mortensen, 1910

Syntype of Microphiura decipiens

Date Collected:

1906-01-01/1906-01-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central | St. Croix: off Frederickstadt

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3482 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3482 Aspect: dorsal and ventral

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Current Identification
Microphiura decipiens Mortensen, 1910 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodor Mortensen
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Identification made date: 1933

Mortensen 1910, page 203, Syntype of Microphiura decipiens Mortensen, 1910
Media type: text; Mortensen 1910 Description: Microphiura decipiens;

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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 date=2022-09-30   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

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:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [unknown]
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8749 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • St. Croix: off Frederickstadt
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off St. Cruz
  • Depth:
  • 500 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 17.6208333°, -64.805555° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1906-01-01 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (17° 37′ 15″ N  64° 48′ 20″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1906-01-01 / 1906-01-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 1906
  • Collector:
  • Theodor Mortensen

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