Invertebrate Zoology OPH-619: Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) irrorata irrorata

off Yokohama
Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Northwest: Japan
June 17, 1875
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Identifications

Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) irrorata irrorata (Lyman, 1878)

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

Identified by World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-25
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Ophioglypha orbiculata Lyman, 1878

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophioglypha orbiculata

Identified by Theodore Lyman III in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Lyman 1878, Page 74, Syntype of Ophioglypha orbiculata

Plate IV figs 103-105

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Media Details
MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Pacific Ocean
Country:	Japan
Specific Locality:	off Yokohama
Verbatim Locality:	[coordinate data only]
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	1875 fms
Coordinates:	34° 37´ 0´´ N 140° 32´ 0´´ E (Datum: unknown)
	[no agent data]; 1875-06-17; Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877
Collecting Date:	June 17, 1875

Collectors

HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

Identifiers

station number: 237

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
partial animal (dry)	poor (missing arms)	in collection	2

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