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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5946

Amphioplus acutus Mortensen, 1936

Syntype of Amphioplus acutus

Date Collected:

1927-03-24

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Antarctic: Antarctica | Palmer Archipelago, Schollaert Channel

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5946 JSON-LD

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

Mortensen 1936, page 294, Syntype of Amphioplus acutus Mortensen, 1936 Plate VIII fig 14

  • station number: 181

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 2022-09-30
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 2 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Antarctic
  • Country:
  • Antarctica
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [antarctic treaty area]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Palmer Archipelago, Schollaert Channel
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Palmer Archipelago: Schollaert Channel
  • Depth:
  • 88 - 186 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -64.333333°, -63.016666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1927-03-24 (Source: Discovery Reports Vol. XII by Mortensen)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (64° 20′ 0″ S  63° 1′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1927-03-24
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1927-03-12
  • Collector:
  • RRS Discovery

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
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