MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-727

Ophiura tenera (Lyman, 1883)

Holotype of Ophioglypha tenera

Date Collected:

1879-03-03

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Saint Vincent | off Milligan's Key

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-727 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiura tenera (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 tenera Lyman, 1883 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1883, page 239, Holotype of Ophioglypha tenera Lyman, 1883 Plate IV figures 31-33

  • station number: 269

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor in collection 1 History
tissue (dry) poor; missing most arms 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:
  • 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 Milligan's Key
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off St. Vincent, Milligan's Key
  • Depth:
  • 124 fms
  • Habitat Description:
  • coral bottom
  • Georeference:
  • 13.1319444°, -61.093333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1879-03-03 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 7′ 55″ N  61° 5′ 36″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-03-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 3, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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  • [Masked]
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