MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3878

Ophiarthrum elegans Peters, 1851

Paratype of Ophiarthrum elegans var. unicolor

Date Collected:

1929-03-09

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Australia: Queensland | North Direction Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3878 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiarthrum elegans Peters, 1851 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
Ophiarthrum elegans var. unicolor H.L. Clark, 1932 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiocomidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1932
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1932, page 208, Paratype of Ophiarthrum elegans var. unicolor H.L. Clark, 1932
Media type: text; Clark 1932 Description: Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 scientific reports - Echinodermata (other than Asteroidea);

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Clark 1932 Description: Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 scientific reports - Echinodermata (other than Asteroidea)

  • station number: 17

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) fair broken in collection 1 History (3)

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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:
  • North Direction Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • 0.25 mi. N. of N. Direction ? Id. No. Queesland
  • Depth:
  • 19 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -14.745142°, 145.510269° (Error radius: 674m) By: Penny Benson on 2022-05-16 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1929-03-09
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 9, 1929
  • Collector:
  • Great Barrier Reef Expedition - 1928-1929

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