MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3547

Amphiophiura kermadecensis (Benham, 1911)

Syntype of Ophiura kermadecensis

Date Collected:

1908-05-03

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southwest: New Zealand | Kermadec Islands, Meyer Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3547 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3547 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3547 Description: Underside view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3547 Description: Handwritten labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Current Identification
Amphiophiura kermadecensis (Benham, 1911) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-03-03
Nature of ID: ssp. based on geog.
Previous Identification
Ophiura kermadecensis Benham, 1911 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiuridae
Determiner: William Blaxland Benham in 1911
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Benham 1910, page 156, Syntype of Ophiura kermadecensis Benham, 1911 Figs. 18-23
Media type: text; Benham 1910 Description: Stellerids and Echinids from the Kermadec Islands;

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Shows Publication: Benham 1910 Description: Stellerids and Echinids from the Kermadec Islands

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-07   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 2022-10-07

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southwest
  • Country:
  • New Zealand
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Kermadec Islands, Meyer Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Meyer Island, Kermadec Islands
  • Depth:
  • 20 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -29.244801°, -177.87667° (Error radius: 575m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1908-05-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 3, 1908
  • Collector:
  • Walter Reginald Brook Oliver

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