MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3918

Ophiacantha mesembria H.L. Clark, 1915

Holotype of Ophiacantha mesembria

Date Collected:

1879-02-05

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Martinique | off Martinique

Current Identification
Ophiacantha mesembria H.L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1915
Nature of ID: type ID

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

  • station number: 195

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=2022-10-11   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair (some broken arms) 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 2022-10-11
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-09-15
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Martinique
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • France
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Martinique
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Martinique
  • Depth:
  • 501.5 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 14.7097222°, -61.220833° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1879-02-05 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (14° 42′ 35″ N  61° 13′ 15″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-02-05
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 5, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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