MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-543

Ophiura aequalis (Lyman, 1878)

Syntype of Ophioglypha aequalis

Date Collected:

1875-03-01

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Papua New Guinea | Bismarck Sea

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-543 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-543 Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Ophiura aequalis (Lyman, 1878) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophioglypha aequalis Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 72, Syntype of Ophioglypha aequalis Lyman, 1878 plate II figs 74, 75
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

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Shows Publication: Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7

  • station number: 218

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) broken 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:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Papua New Guinea
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Bismarck Sea
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 1070 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -2.5500000°, 144.066666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1875-03-01 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (2° 33′ 0″ S  144° 4′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1875-03-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 1, 1875
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]
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