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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-579

Ophioplinthus carinata (Studer, 1876)

Syntype of Ophioglypha Deshayesi

Date Collected:

1874-01

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern: Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Iles Kerguelen: Baie de L'Oiseau

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
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: 149 (questionable)

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 2 History

  • None

  • None

  • None

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern
  • Country:
  • Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [antarctic treaty area]
  • Specific Locality:
  • Iles Kerguelen: Baie de L'Oiseau
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Kerguelen Islands
  • Depth:
  • 28 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -48.686573°, 69.0547500° (Error radius: 647m) By: Penny Benson on 2021-08-12 (Source: GEOLocate and 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1874-01-01 / 1874-01-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]