Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4210: Ophiophragmus pulcher

Florida: Bird Key, Tortugas
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida
June 1917 (1917-06-01 - 1917-06-30)
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Identifications

Ophiophragmus pulcher H.L. Clark, 1918

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae Ophiophragmus pulcher

Identified by Hubert Lyman Clark in 1918
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Clark 1918, Page 270, Holotype of Ophiophragmus pulcher

Plate 2 figs 4,5 ; Plate 8 fig 1

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Media Details
MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXII no. 6

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Country:	United States
State/Province:	Florida
Specific Locality:	Florida: Bird Key, Tortugas
Verbatim Locality:	Florida: Bird Key, Tortugas
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	24.6185° -82.8854° (Datum: WGS84)
	Penny Benson; 2014-03-04; Source: Google Earth and Mapcarta
Collecting Date:	June 1917 (1917-06-01 - 1917-06-30)

Collectors

Carnegie Institute Expedition 1916-1917

Hubert Lyman Clark

Part Details

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

Microhabitat: Reef-Flat, in mud

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