MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4798

Ophiactis algicola H.L. Clark, 1933

Holotype of Ophiactis algicola

Date Collected:

1917-06-01/1917-06-30

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: Florida | Dry Tortugas

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-4798 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4798 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4798 Ophiactis algicola Holotype Description

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4798 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4798 Ophiactis algicola Holotype Description

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-4798 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4798 Ophiactis algicola Holotype Description

Current Identification
Ophiactis algicola H.L. Clark, 1933 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1933
Nature of ID: type ID

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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) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: photographed by Noe Salgado Ortiz September 2015

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:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Dry Tortugas
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Florida: Tortugas
  • Georeference:
  • 24.6216040°, -82.984874° (Error radius: 24916m) By: Penny Benson on 2021-09-22 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • 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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