MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5045

Ophiactis macrolepidota Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887

Holotype of Ophiactis acosmeta

Date Collected:

1931-01-01/1931-12-31

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Western Australia | Dongara

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5045 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5045 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5045 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5045 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiactis macrolepidota Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiactis acosmeta H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1938, page 262, Holotype of Ophiactis acosmeta H.L. Clark, 1938
Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

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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) fair in collection 1 History

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:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Western Australia
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Dongara
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • W.A.: Dongarra
  • Georeference:
  • -29.267176°, 114.759935° (Error radius: 13492m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-05-28 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1931-01-01 / 1931-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1931 approximate
  • Collectors:
  • Edward William Bennett; Harvard Australian Expedition 1931-1932

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