MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4210

Ophiophragmus pulcher H.L. Clark, 1918

Holotype of Ophiophragmus pulcher

Date Collected:

1917-06-01/1917-06-30

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: United States: Florida: Monroe: Dry Tortugas | Bird Key

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-4210 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4210 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4210 Ophiophragmus pulcher Holotype Description

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4210 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiophragmus pulcher H.L. Clark, 1918 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1918
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1918, page 270, Holotype of Ophiophragmus pulcher H.L. Clark, 1918 Plate 2 figs 4,5 ; Plate 8 fig 1
Media type: text; Clark 1918 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXII no. 6;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1918 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXII no. 6

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-18   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-11-07
Remarks: Lot photographed
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
  • County:
  • Monroe
  • Island Group:
  • Dry Tortugas
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Bird Key
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Florida: Bird Key, Tortugas
  • Microhabitat:
  • Reef-Flat, in mud
  • Georeference:
  • 24.6185000°, -82.885400° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Penny Benson on 2014-03-04 (Source: Google Earth and Mapcarta)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1917-06-01 / 1917-06-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 1917
  • Collectors:
  • Carnegie Institute Expedition 1916-1917; Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon

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