MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-508

Ophiosphalma monoplax (H.L. Clark, 1915)

Holotype of Ophiomusium monoplax

Date Collected:

1880-02-01/1880-05-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | off Cape Cruz

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-508 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-508 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-508 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-508 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-508 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray highlighting metal tag; Aspect: labels2

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Current Identification
Ophiosphalma monoplax (H.L. Clark, 1915) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-27
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiomusium monoplax H. L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1915
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1915, page 331, Holotype of Ophiomusium monoplax H. L. Clark, 1915 Plate 20 figs 9-10
Media type: text; Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4

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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 2022-10-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-11   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) fair (some broken arms) in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-11

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Cape Cruz
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Cape Cruz, Cuba
  • Depth:
  • 206
  • Georeference:
  • 19.8000000°, -77.283333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1880-02-01 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (19° 48′ 0″ N  77° 17′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1880-02-01 / 1880-05-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February - May 1880
  • Collectors:
  • John R. Bartlett; USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]
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