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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5287

Ophiarachnella sphenisci (Bell, 1894)

Holotype of Ophiarachnella rugosa

Date Collected:

1932-06

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5287 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiarachnella sphenisci (Bell, 1894) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiarachnella rugosa H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clark in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1938, page 352, Holotype of Ophiarachnella rugosa H.L. Clark, 1938
Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

(Media Record)(media file)

Shows Publication: Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-25
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-18   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 2022-10-25

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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:
  • Broome
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • W.A.: Broome
  • Georeference:
  • -17.971382, 122.241280 (Error radius: 2672m) By: Jennifer Goldstein on 2020-02-27 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1932-06-01 / 1932-06-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 1932
  • Collector:
  • Harvard Australian Expedition 1931-1932

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