MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5306

Ophioteichus multispinum H.L. Clark, 1938

Holotype of Ophioteichus multispinum

Date Collected:

1934-07-01/1934-07-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Great Barrier Reef: Australia: Queensland | Lindeman Island, Whitsunday Islands, Cumberland Group

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5306 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5306 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5306 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5306 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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

Clark 1938, page 360, Holotype of Ophioteichus multispinum H.L. Clark, 1938
Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

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

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Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (dry) unknown being processed 1 History (4)
Remarks: removed for SEM by Tania Pineda-Enriquez (sample 343) - Arm segment: distal seg close to the tip
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=2022-10-11   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

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Queensland
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Lindeman Island, Whitsunday Islands, Cumberland Group
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Lindeman Is.
  • Georeference:
  • -20.445820°, 149.042440° (Error radius: 2800m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-10-29 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1934-07-01 / 1934-07-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July 1934
  • Collector:
  • Melbourne Ward

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