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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5942

Amphiura microplax Mortensen, 1936

Syntype of Amphiura microplax

Date Collected:

1926-03-15

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Antarctic | Southern Ocean: Antarctica, South. Georgia, west of Cumberland Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5942 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Amphiura microplax Mortensen, 1936 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Theodor Mortensen in 1936
Nature of ID: type ID

  • station number: 27

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 2022-10-11
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-11   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-11

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Antarctic
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [antarctic treaty area]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Southern Ocean: Antarctica, South. Georgia, west of Cumberland Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • West of Cumberland Bay, South Georgis
  • Depth:
  • 61 fms
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1926-03-15
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 15, 1926
  • Collector:
  • RRS Discovery

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  • None

  • [Masked]
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