MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4116

Ophioplinthus abyssorum (Lyman, 1883)

Paratype of Ophioglypha abyssorum

Date Collected:

1878-01-08

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: British Virgin Islands | off Virgin Gorda

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-4116 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophioplinthus abyssorum (Lyman, 1883) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophioglypha abyssorum Lyman, 1883 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

  • station number: 140

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) fair in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-09
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Virgin Gorda
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Virgin Islands, Off Virgin Gorda
  • Depth:
  • 1097 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 18.4837790°, -64.400878° (Error radius: 5421m) By: Adam J. Baldinger on 2023-08-03 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1878-01-08
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 8, 1878
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Brown ooze, sand.
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]
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