MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4345

Macrophiothrix hirsuta cheneyi (Lyman, 1862)

Holotype of Macrophiothrix brevipeda

Date Collected:

1897-01-01/1907-12-31

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western: South Africa | Natal, off Umhlangakulu River, the mouth of which was NW by N 7 miles

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-4345 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Macrophiothrix hirsuta cheneyi (Lyman, 1862)
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Macrophiothrix brevipeda H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1938, page 290, Holotype of Macrophiothrix brevipeda H.L. Clark, 1938
Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

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  • station number: 12831

Part Condition Disposition Count
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 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2022-12-08
Remarks: imaged, locality vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Country:
  • South Africa
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Natal, off Umhlangakulu River, the mouth of which was NW by N 7 miles
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Natal, off Umhlangakulu River, the mouth of which was NW by N 7 miles
  • Depth:
  • 50 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -29.795284°, 31.1550370° (Error radius: 5km) By: Alana Rivera on 2022-12-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1897-01-01 / 1907-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • SS Pieter Faure

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  • [Masked]
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