MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-442

Ophiomusium corticosum Lyman, 1878

Syntype of Ophiomusium corticosum

Date Collected:

1875-03-21

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Federated States of Micronesia: Caroline Islands | [coordinate data only]

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 110, Syntype of Ophiomusium corticosum Lyman, 1878 plate I figs 19, 20
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  • station number: 224

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) missing arms in collection 1 History
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 date=2022-09-27   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Island Group:
  • Caroline Islands
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Georeference:
  • 7.75000000°, 144.333333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1875-03-21 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (7° 45′ 0″ N  144° 20′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1875-03-21
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 21, 1875
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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