MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-640

Ophiura ljungmani (Lyman, 1878)

Syntype of Ophioglypha ljungmani

Date Collected:

1873-09-10

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southwest: Brazil | [coordinate data only]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-640 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-640 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-640 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-640 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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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 ljungmani 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 71, Syntype of Ophioglypha ljungmani Lyman, 1878 plate III fig 77
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

  • collector number: 2083
  • station number: 122

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  
whole animal (dry) fair broken in collection 3 History (3)

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

  • None

  • None

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southwest
  • Country:
  • Brazil
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 350 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -9.0833333°, -34.816666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1873-09-10 (Source: Challenger Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (9° 5′ 0″ S  34° 49′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1873-09-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • September 10, 1873
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • depths at this station recorded as 350, 120, 32, and 400 fathoms
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
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