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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5761

Ophioplinthus tessellata (Verrill, 1894)

Date Collected:

1938-08-10

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: United States | [coordinate data only]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5761 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophioplinthus tessellata (Verrill, 1894)
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2022-04-21
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: fide WoRMS. Originally ID'ed as Homalophiura tessellata.

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Jennifer Goldstein 2022-04-21

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Country:
  • United States
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/25365 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off coast of New Jersey
  • Depth:
  • 935 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 38.9833333, -72.333333 (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on 1938-08-10 (Source: filemaker file from original cards)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • degrees dec. minutes (38° 59.000000′ N  72° 20.00000000′ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1938-08-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 10 Aug 1938
  • Collector:
  • RV Atlantis

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