Syntype of Ophioglypha orbiculata

Date Collected:

1875-06-17

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Northwest: Japan | off Yokohama

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-25
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 74, Syntype of Ophioglypha orbiculata Lyman, 1878 Plate IV figs 103-105
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7

  • station number: 237

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor (missing arms) in collection 2 History
tissue (dry) ok; missing most legs in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-14
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Country:
  • Japan
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Yokohama
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 1875 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 34.6166666°, 140.533333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1875-06-17 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (34° 37′ 0″ N  140° 32′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1875-06-17
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 17, 1875
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • bottom temp: 1.7° C
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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