MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3800

Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) liodisca H.L. Clark, 1915

Holotype of Ophiothrix liodisca

Date Collected:

1913-10-27

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Australia: Queensland | Torres Strait, Murray Island (Mer), southwestern reef

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3800 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.;  Aspect: labels

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3800 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3800 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiothrix liodisca H.L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1915
Nature of ID: expert ID

Clark 1915, page 273, Holotype of Ophiothrix liodisca H.L. Clark, 1915 Plate 12 fig 3
Media type: text; 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 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 2022-10-07

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Queensland
  • Specific Locality:
  • Torres Strait, Murray Island (Mer), southwestern reef
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Torres Strait: Murray Islands, Mer, southwestern reef
  • Georeference:
  • -9.9263630°, 144.038577° (Error radius: 1062m) By: Penny Benson on 2022-02-02 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1913-10-27
  • Verbatim Date:
  • October 27, 1913
  • Collector:
  • Carnegie Expedition to the Torres Strait

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