MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-726

Amphiophiura superba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

Syntype of Ophioglypha superba

Date Collected:

1891-04-20

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Mexico: Baja California | Ventana Bay, offshore of Baja California

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-726 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Amphiophiura superba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophioglypha superba Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Christian Lütken; Theodor Mortensen
Nature of ID: type ID

Lutken and Mortensen 1899, page 116, Syntype of Ophioglypha superba Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 plate I figs 4-8
Media type: text; Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

  • station number: 3431

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) arm broken, arm missing in collection 1 History
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 2022-11-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • State/Province:
  • Baja California
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Ventana Bay, offshore of Baja California
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Ventana Bay, offshore of Bay, Baja California
  • Depth:
  • 995 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 23.9833333°, -108.66666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1891-04-20 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (23° 59′ 0″ N  108° 40′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-04-20
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 20 April 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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  • [Masked]
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