Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5913: Ophiophycis gracilis

St. Helena and Dependencies, St. Helena Island
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southeast
February 24, 1930
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Identifications

Ophiophycis gracilis Mortensen, 1933

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophiophycis gracilis

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

Citations

Mortensen 1933, Page 455, Paratype of Ophiophycis gracilis

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Specific Locality:	St. Helena and Dependencies, St. Helena Island
Verbatim Locality:	St. Helena Island
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	480 m
Coordinates:	-15.957262° -5.707553° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 20222 m
	Penny Benson; 2014-11-17; Source: GEOLocate
	Coordinate Remarks: Georeferenced on land to include waters off the coasts of St. Helena Island
Collecting Date:	February 24, 1930

Collectors

Theodor Mortensen

Part Details

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

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