MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5864

Asteromorpha koehleri (Döderlein, 1898)

Syntype of Ophiogelas perplexum

Date Collected:

1922-02-01/1922-02-28

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central | Republic of Indonesia, Malauku Islands, Ambon Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5864 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5864 Description: Specimen labels found with lot.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5864 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5864 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.; Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Asteromorpha koehleri (Döderlein, 1898) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Euryalidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiogelas perplexum Koehler, 1930 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Euryalidae
Determiner: René Koehler in 1930
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: (enclosed note from Mortensen says it is an Asteromorpha)

Koehler 1930, page 43, Syntype of Ophiogelas perplexum Koehler, 1930 Plate II, fig 6; pl IV, figs 9-12 ; pl V, figs 1-3

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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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-03-13
Remarks: Lot photographed
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [unknown]
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8746 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Republic of Indonesia, Malauku Islands, Ambon Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Amboina
  • Georeference:
  • -3.1952270°, 128.979517° (Error radius: 154912m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-06-18 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1922-02-01 / 1922-02-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 1922
  • Collector:
  • Theodor Mortensen

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