MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-397

Ophiernus vallincola Lyman, 1878

Syntype of Ophiernus vallincola

Date Collected:

1873-12-29/1876-12-29

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern: Crozet Islands | between Prince Edward Island and Crozet Islands

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-397 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiernus vallincola Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 122, Syntype of Ophiernus vallincola Lyman, 1878 plate VI figs 170-172
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7

  • station number: 146

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor (missing arms) in collection 2 History
tissue (dry) poor; broken in many pieces in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern
  • Country:
  • Crozet Islands
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • France
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • between Prince Edward Island and Crozet Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • between Prince Edward & Crozet Is.,
  • Depth:
  • 1375 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -46.766666°, 45.5166666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1873-12-29 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (46° 46′ 0″ S  45° 31′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1873-12-29 / 1876-12-29
  • Verbatim Date:
  • December 29, 1873
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]
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