MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3508

Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879

Holotype of Ophiacantha ameleta

Date Collected:

1899-07-01/1899-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Indonesia: Sulawesi | Sulawesi Utara, Teluk Kwandang [North Sulawesi, Kwandang Bay]

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Current Identification
Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiacantha ameleta H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

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  • station number: 117

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 by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

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:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Indonesia
  • Island:
  • Sulawesi
  • Specific Locality:
  • Sulawesi Utara, Teluk Kwandang [North Sulawesi, Kwandang Bay]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Kwandang Bay, Celebes
  • Georeference:
  • 0.85385200°, 122.895774° (Error radius: 4000m) By: Alana Rivera on 2022-12-06 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1899-07-01 / 1899-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July 12, 1899
  • Collector:
  • Siboga Expedition

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