MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3548

Amphiura (Amphiura) poecila H L Clark, 1915

Holotype of Amphiura poecila

Date Collected:

1911-03-01

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Victoria | Westernport

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identifications
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Amphiura poecila H L Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1915
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1915, page 230, Holotype of Amphiura poecila H L Clark, 1915 Plate 5 figs 12, 13
Media type: text; Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) ok; broken in many pieces in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-14
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Victoria
  • Specific Locality:
  • Westernport
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Victoria: Westernport
  • Depth:
  • 2 - 5 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -38.318113°, 145.239542° (Error radius: 647m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-03-27 (Source: GEOLocate and Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1911-03-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 1911
  • Collector:
  • Joseph Gabriel

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