Invertebrate Zoology OPH-394: Ophiernus adspersus annectens

near Las Tres Marias Islands
Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Mexico
18 Apr 1891
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Identifications

Ophiernus adspersus annectens Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophiernus adspersus annectens

Identified by World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Ophiernus polyporus Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophiernus polyporus

Identified by Christian Lutken, Theodor Mortensen in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Lutken and Mortensen 1899, Page 109, Syntype of Ophiernus polyporus

plate V figs 7-9

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Media Details
MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Pacific Ocean
Country:	Mexico
Specific Locality:	near Las Tres Marias Islands
Verbatim Locality:	Mexico: near Las Tres Marias Islands
Collecting Method:	Small Beam Trawl
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	680 fms
Coordinates:	21° 19´ 0´´ N 106° 24´ 0´´ W (Datum: unknown)
	[no agent data]; 1891-04-18; Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross
Collecting Date:	18 Apr 1891

Collectors

USFC Steamer Albatross

Identifiers

station number: 3425

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry)	broken	in collection	3

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