MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-631

Ophiura ljungmani (Lyman, 1878)

Syntype of Ophioglypha lepida

Date Collected:

1873-05-06

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: United States | [coordinate data only]

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-631 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-631 Description: Underside view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.;  Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-631 Description: Handwritten labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.;  Aspect: labels

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Current Identification
Ophiura ljungmani (Lyman, 1878) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-23
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophioglypha lepida Lyman, 1878 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1878, page 70, Syntype of Ophioglypha lepida Lyman, 1878 Plate III figs 71-73
Media type: text; Lyman 1878 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7;

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

  • station number: 46

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=2022-10-07   determined by=Nina Black  
unknown (dry) unknown unknown 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-07
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-12
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Country:
  • United States
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/25365 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 1350 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 40.2833333°, -66.800000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1873-05-06 (Source: Challenger Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (40° 17′ 0″ N  66° 48′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1873-05-06
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 6, 1873
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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