MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5294

Ophiodyscrita acosmeta H.L. Clark, 1938

Holotype of Ophiodyscrita acosmeta

Date Collected:

1932-06

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

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Current Identification
Ophiodyscrita acosmeta H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

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) 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 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Western Australia
  • 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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