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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3700

Ophiocoma macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915)

Holotype of Ophiacantha macroplaca

Date Collected:

1913-12-10

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: United States: Hawaii: Hawaiian Islands | Hilo

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3700 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiocoma macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiocomidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiacantha macroplaca H.L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clark in 1915
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1915, page 200, Holotype of Ophiacantha macroplaca H.L. Clark, 1915 Plate 1 figs 6, 7
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) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial 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 on loan 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, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Hawaii
  • Island Group:
  • Hawaiian Islands
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Hilo
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • south of Hawaii, Hilo
  • Habitat Description:
  • on underside of a stone, shore-reef
  • Georeference:
  • 19.8000190, -154.96323 (Error radius: 19609m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-06 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1913-12-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • December 10, 1913
  • Collectors:
  • Carnegie Expedition to the Torres Strait; Hubert Lyman Clark

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