MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-6494

Ophiomusium microporum H.L. Clark, 1941

Paratype of Ophiomusium microporum

Date Collected:

1938-03-11

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | Off Punta Alegre, NW of Cayo Coco

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: 2982

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) good 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

  • None

  • "This specimen must have been cleaning in bleach" HP Thomas

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • Specific Locality:
  • Off Punta Alegre, NW of Cayo Coco
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba, Camaguey, Off Punta Alegre, NW of Cayo Coco
  • Depth:
  • 210 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 22.8000000°, -78.841666° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1938-03-11 (Source: The Atlantis Expeditions to the West Indies in 1938 and 1939 compiled by Fenner A. Chace, Jr.)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (22° 48′ 0″ N  78° 50′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1938-03-11
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 11 March 1938
  • Collectors:
  • RV Atlantis; Harvard-Havana Expedition

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]