MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3736

Amphiura (Amphiura) microsoma H.L. Clark, 1915

Holotype of Amphiura microsoma

Date Collected:

1913-10-01/1913-10-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Australia: Queensland | Torres Strait, Murray Islands (Mer)

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3736 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3736 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3736 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels2

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3736 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3736 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Amphiura (Amphiura) microsoma H.L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Amphiura microsoma 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 228, Holotype of Amphiura microsoma H.L. Clark, 1915 Plate 5 figs 5-7
Media type: text; Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4;

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

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) 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 2022-10-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-11   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair (some broken arms) 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 2022-10-11

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Queensland
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Torres Strait, Murray Islands (Mer)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Murray Ids.: Mer.
  • Georeference:
  • -9.9186030°, 144.049390° (Error radius: 3979m) By: Penny Benson on 2020-12-10 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1913-10-01 / 1913-10-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 1913
  • Collectors:
  • Carnegie Expedition to the Torres Strait; Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon

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