MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-452

Ophiomusium glabrum Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Syntype of Ophiomusium glabrum

Date Collected:

1891-02-26

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Costa Rica: Cocos Island | [no specific locality data]

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Current Identification
Ophiomusium glabrum Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: Christian Lütken; Theodor Mortensen in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2;

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  • station number: 3363

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History (3)
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 2022-10-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-04   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Costa Rica
  • Island:
  • Cocos Island
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Costa Rica, Cocos Islands
  • Depth:
  • 978 fms
  • Habitat Description:
  • White glob ooze
  • Georeference:
  • 5.93333333°, -85.175000° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1891-02-26 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (5° 56′ 0″ N  85° 10′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-02-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 26 Feb 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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  • [Masked]