MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-585

Amphiophiura fasciculata (Lyman, 1883)

Holotype of Ophioglypha fasciculata

Date Collected:

1879-03-06

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Barbados | off Barbados

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Current Identification
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 IIIlinked data icon in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1883, page 237, Holotype of Ophioglypha fasciculata Lyman, 1883 Plate III figures 22-24

  • collector number: 2084
  • station number: 281

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) missing arms in collection 1 History (3)
tissue (dry) poor in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-09-30   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-04
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-06
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Barbados
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Barbados
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Barbados
  • Depth:
  • 288 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 12.9133333°, -59.608333° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1879-03-06 (Source: Lists of Dredging stations in North American waters from 1867-1887)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (12° 54′ 48″ N  59° 36′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-03-06
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 6, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]