MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-526

Ophiomusium oligoplacum H. L. Clark, 1915

Holotype of Ophiomusium oligoplacum

Date Collected:

1878-12-16

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba: Havana | North of Havana, off Morro Light

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-526 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-526 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-526 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-526 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiomusium oligoplacum 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 332, Holotype of Ophiomusium oligoplacum H. L. Clark, 1915 Plate 20 figs 7, 8
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

  • station number: 100

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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-19
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • State/Province:
  • Havana
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • North of Havana, off Morro Light
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba: Off Morro Castle
  • Depth:
  • 250 - 400 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.1546560°, -82.358411° (Error radius: 722m) By: Penny Benson on 2021-07-14 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1878-12-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • December 16, 1878
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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