Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4068: Ophiomyxa stimpsonii

Off Sombrero Key
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida
April 4, 1872
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Identifications

Ophiomyxa stimpsonii (Lyman, 1875)

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiomyxidae Ophiomyxa stimpsonii

Identified by World Register of Marine Species on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Ophioscolex Stimpsonii Lyman, 1875

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiomyxidae Ophioscolex Stimpsonii

Identified by Theodore Lyman III in 1875
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Lyman 1875, Page 23, Paratype of Ophioscolex Stimpsonii

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Media Details
MCZ Memoirs Vol. IV no. 2

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Country:	United States
State/Province:	Florida
Specific Locality:	Off Sombrero Key
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	240 fms
Coordinates:	24.577509° -81.082747° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 20436 m
	Penny Benson; 2014-10-08; Source: GEOLocate
	Coordinate Remarks: Georeferenced to Sombrero Key Light which is near Key Vaca in Marathon
Collecting Date:	April 4, 1872

Collectors

William Stimpson

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry)	good	in collection	1

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