Invertebrate Zoology OPH-761: Ophiocten amitinum

Iles Kerguelen: Baie de L'Oiseau
Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern: Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
January 1874 (1874-01-01 - 1874-01-31)
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Identifications

Ophiocten amitinum Lyman, 1878

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophiocten amitinum

Identified by Theodore Lyman III in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Lyman 1878, Page 199, Syntype of Ophiocten amitinum

plate V figs 129, 130

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Media Details
MCZ Bulletin Vol. V no. 7

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Indian Ocean
Country:	Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Specific Locality:	Iles Kerguelen: Baie de L'Oiseau
Verbatim Locality:	Kerguelen Islands
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	120 fms
Coordinates:	-48.686573° 69.05475° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 647 m
	Penny Benson; 2014-05-16; Source: GEOLocate and 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877
Collecting Date:	January 1874 (1874-01-01 - 1874-01-31)

Collectors

HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

Identifiers

station number: 149 (based on label information)

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry)	good	in collection	3

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