MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-714

Ophioplinthus scutata (Lyman, 1883)

Holotype of Ophioglypha scutata

Date Collected:

1879-02-20

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Saint Vincent | off St. Vincent

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-714 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophioplinthus scutata (Lyman, 1883) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-25
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophioglypha scutata Lyman, 1883 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Agassiz et al. 1878, page 238, Holotype of Ophioglypha scutata Lyman, 1883 Plate IV, figs 28-30
Media type: text; Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Agassiz et al. 1878 Description: U S Coast Survey steamer Blake...II] Corals and Crinoids

  • station number: 231

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor in collection 1 History
tissue (dry) poor; all legs missing in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-25
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-18   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-25

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Island:
  • Saint Vincent
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off St. Vincent
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off St. Vincent
  • Depth:
  • 95 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 13.2027777°, -61.288333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-02-20 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 12′ 10″ N  61° 17′ 18″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-02-20
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 20, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]
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