MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3915

Ophiophrixus spinosus (Storm, 1881)

Holotype of Ophiobyrsa hystricis

Date Collected:

1800-01-01/1882-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Antarctic: Antarctica | Northwest of Shetland Islands

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3915 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3915 Description: Outside surface of ophiuroid arms with a scale bar.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3915 Description: Inside surface of ophiuroid arms with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3915 Description: Handwritten labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: exterior

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-3915 Ophiophrixus spinosus Holotype Description

Current Identification
Ophiophrixus spinosus (Storm, 1881) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiobyrsidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiobyrsa hystricis Lyman, 1883 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiomyxidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1883, page 272, Holotype of Ophiobyrsa hystricis Lyman, 1883 Plate VIII figures 120-122

  • station number: 65

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor (fragments) in collection 1 History
tissue (dry) poor in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-04   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Antarctic
  • Country:
  • Antarctica
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [antarctic treaty area]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Northwest of Shetland Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Northwest of Shetland Islands
  • Depth:
  • 345 fms
  • Collecting Method:
  • unknown
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1800-01-01 / 1882-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • HMS Porcupine

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  • None

  • [Masked]
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