Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5912: Ophiocten affinis simulans

Port Elizabeth
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southeast: South Africa
July 1929 (1929-07-01 - 1929-07-31)
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Identifications

Ophiocten affinis simulans (Mortensen, 1936)

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophiocten affinis simulans

Identified by [no agent data] on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS

Ophiocten amitinum var. microplax Mortensen, 1933

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophiocten amitinum var. microplax

Identified by Theodor Mortensen in 1933
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Mortensen 1933, Page 391, Paratype of Ophiocten amitinum var. microplax

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Country:	South Africa
Specific Locality:	Port Elizabeth
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	-33.894445° 25.784503° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 17237 m
	Penny Benson; 2020-04-09; Source: GEOLocate
	Coordinate Remarks: Georeferenced off the coast of Port Elizabeth
Collecting Date:	July 1929 (1929-07-01 - 1929-07-31)

Collectors

Theodor Mortensen

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry mount)	fair	in collection	1

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