MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5873

Ophiacantha prolata Mortensen, 1933

Paratype of Ophiacantha prolata

Date Collected:

1930-02-24

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southeast | St. Helena and Dependencies, St. Helena Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5873 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiacantha prolata Mortensen, 1933 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae
Determiner: Theodor Mortensen in 1933
Nature of ID: type ID

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) fair broken in collection 1 History

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southeast
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [unknown]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • St. Helena and Dependencies, St. Helena Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • St. Helena Island
  • Depth:
  • 480 m
  • Georeference:
  • -15.957262°, -5.7075530° (Error radius: 20222m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-11-17 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1930-02-24
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 24, 1930
  • Collectors:
  • Theodor Mortensen; Java-South Africa Expedition 1929-1930

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