MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-6236

Ophiomusium microporum H.L. Clark, 1941

Holotype of Ophiomusium microporum

Date Collected:

1939-04-26

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Commonwealth of the Bahamas | Off W. end Cayo Romano

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-6236 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.;  Aspect: labels

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-6236 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-6236 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Ophiomusium microporum H.L. Clark, 1941 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1941
Nature of ID: type ID

  • station number: 3384

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) fair (broken legs) in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-06-09
Remarks: Localities vetted
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, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Commonwealth of the Bahamas
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Bahamas
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off W. end Cayo Romano
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba, Off W. end Cayo Romano
  • Depth:
  • 290 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 22.5666666°, -78.000000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1939-04-26 (Source: Contribution No. 274 of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (22° 34′ 0″ N  78° 0′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1939-04-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • April 26, 1939
  • Collectors:
  • RV Atlantis; Harvard-Havana Expedition

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