MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5424

Ophiacantha pyriformis Ziesenhenne, 1937

Paratype of Ophiacantha pyriformis

Date Collected:

1936-05-11

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Mexico | Clarion Island, Sulphur Bay

Current Identification
Ophiacantha pyriformis Ziesenhenne, 1937 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Fred C. Ziesenhenne in 1937
Nature of ID: type ID

  • station number: 163 D-1

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • Specific Locality:
  • Clarion Island, Sulphur Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Sulphur Bay, Clarion Island
  • Depth:
  • 20 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 18.3444444°, -114.73888° (Error radius: 4323m) By: Zaca Expedition on 1936-05-11 (Source: Beebe: Eastern Pacific Expeditions station logs)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (18° 20′ 40″ N  114° 44′ 20″ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • 2' dredge
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1936-05-11
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 11 May 1936
  • Collectors:
  • Zaca Expedition; Charles Templeton Crocker

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