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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-578

Ophioplinthus carinata (Studer, 1876)

Syntype of Ophioglypha Deshayesi

Date Collected:

1874-02-07

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern: Heard Islands: Heard Islands | Heard Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-578 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophioplinthus carinata (Studer, 1876) 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 Deshayesi Lyman, 1878
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman III in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 96, Syntype of Ophioglypha Deshayesi Lyman, 1878 plate II figs 35-37
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

  • station number: 151

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
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 date=2022-09-30   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 2 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-12
Remarks: Localities vetted
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, Antarctic and Southern
  • Country:
  • Heard Islands
  • Island Group:
  • Heard Islands
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Australia
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Heard Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Heard Island
  • Depth:
  • 75 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -52.991666°, 73.5583333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1874-02-07 (Source: Coordinates written on a specimen label)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (52° 59′ 30″ S  73° 33′ 30″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1874-02-07
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 7, 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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  • [Masked]
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