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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3758

Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)

Holotype of Ophiocoma parva

Date Collected:

1913-09-24/1913-09-26

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3758 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiocomidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-11
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiocoma parva H.L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiocomidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clark in 1915
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1915, page 292, Holotype of Ophiocoma parva H.L. Clark, 1915 Plate 14 figs 8, 9
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 2022-10-14
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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  • 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:
  • 1913-09-24 / 1913-09-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • September 24-26, 1913
  • Collectors:
  • Carnegie Expedition to the Torres Strait; Hubert Lyman Clark

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