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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-789

Ophiura verrucosa (Studer, 1876)

Syntype of Pectinura verrucosa

Date Collected:

1874/1876

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern: Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Iles Kerguelen: NW Kerguelen Islands

Current Identification
Ophiura verrucosa (Studer, 1876) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-03
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Pectinura verrucosa Studer, 1876 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: Theophile R. Studer in 1876
Nature of ID: type ID

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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 2022-11-04
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-28   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) poor (broken arms) 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 2022-11-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern
  • Country:
  • Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [antarctic treaty area]
  • Specific Locality:
  • Iles Kerguelen: NW Kerguelen Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • NW Kerguelen Islands
  • Depth:
  • 115 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -51.304233°, 66.4485680° (Error radius: 140000m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-06-25 (Source: Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1874-01-01 / 1876-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1874-1876
  • Collector:
  • Gazelle Expedition

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