MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-660

Amphiophiura obtecta (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

Syntype of Ophioglypha obtecta

Date Collected:

1891-04-05

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Ecuador: Galápagos: Galapagos Archipelago | off Galapagos Islands

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-660 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-660 Description: Labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-660 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-660 Description: Bottom up view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Current Identification
Amphiophiura obtecta (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-22
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophioglypha obtecta Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Christian Lütken; Theodor Mortensen in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Lutken and Mortensen 1899, page 119, Syntype of Ophioglypha obtecta Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 plate II figs 7-9
Media type: text; Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2;

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Shows Publication: Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2

  • station number: 3413

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 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Ecuador
  • State/Province:
  • Galápagos
  • Island Group:
  • Galapagos Archipelago
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Galapagos Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Galapagos Islands
  • Depth:
  • 1360 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 2.56666666°, -92.100000° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1891-04-05 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (2° 34′ 0″ N  92° 6′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-04-05
  • Verbatim Date:
  • April 5, 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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  • [Masked]
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