MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3744

Amphiura (Fellaria) octacantha (H.L. Clark, 1915)

Holotype of Ophionephthys octacantha

Date Collected:

1913-09-13

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Australia: Queensland | Torres Strait, Friday Harbor (Gialug Island)

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3744 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3744 Description: Whole lot container, top down view; Aspect: wholelot

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3744 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels2

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3744 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3744 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Amphiura (Fellaria) octacantha (H.L. Clark, 1915) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophionephthys octacantha H L Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon
Nature of ID: expert ID

Clark 1915, page 239, Holotype of Ophionephthys octacantha H L Clark, 1915 Plate 9 figs 9, 10
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) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   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 2022-10-14

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  • The specimen was already broken when the picture in the original desription was taken

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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, Friday Harbor (Gialug Island)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Torres Strait, Friday Harbor (Friday Island)
  • Microhabitat:
  • on sandy flat, under a stone
  • Georeference:
  • -10.588541°, 142.161256° (Error radius: 2293m) By: Penny Benson on 2020-12-09 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1913-09-13
  • Verbatim Date:
  • September 13, 1913
  • Collectors:
  • Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon; Carnegie Expedition to the Torres Strait

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