Invertebrate Zoology OPH-618: Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) irrorata irrorata

United States, Massachusetts, South of Georges Bank
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest
September 2, 1885
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Identifications

Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) irrorata irrorata (Lyman, 1878)

Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiuridae Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) irrorata irrorata

Identified by [no agent data] on 2015-02-23
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS

Ophioglypha grandis Verrill, 1894

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophioglypha grandis

Identified by Addison Emery Verrill in 1894
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Verrill 1894, Page 293, Syntype of Ophioglypha grandis

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Media Details
Descriptions of New Species of Starfishes and Ophiurans

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Specific Locality:	United States, Massachusetts, South of Georges Bank
Verbatim Locality:	Georges Bank
Collecting Method:	Small Beam Trawl
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	1742 fms
Coordinates:	40° 34´ 18´´ N 66° 9´ 0´´ W (Datum: unknown) , Error: 0 m
	[no agent data]; 2011-03-06; Source: unknown
Collecting Date:	September 2, 1885

Collectors

USFC Steamer Albatross

Identifiers

station number: 2573

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
partial animal (dry)	broken - arms missing	in collection	1

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