Holotype of Ophiothrix leucotrigona

Date Collected:

1912-04-01/1912-06-30

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Philippines | Mindoro Island, Port Galera

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3988 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.;  Aspect: labels

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3988 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3988 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiothrix leucotrigona H.L. Clark, 1918 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1918
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Clark 1918 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXII no. 6;

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) fair (some missing arms) in collection 1 History (3)
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=2022-10-07   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-07

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Philippines
  • Specific Locality:
  • Mindoro Island, Port Galera
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • P.I.: Mindoro, Port Galera
  • Georeference:
  • 13.4993480°, 120.958834° (Error radius: 367m) By: Penny Benson on 2022-05-02 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1912-04-01 / 1912-06-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • April - June 1912
  • Collectors:
  • Lawrence E. Griffin; Philippine Marine Biological Station

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