MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-80

Ophioderma holmesii (Lyman, 1860)

Holotype of Ophiura Holmesii

Date Collected:

1847/1853

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: United States: South Carolina | Charleston

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-80 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-80 Description: Underside view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-80 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: internal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-80 Description: Handwritten labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Current Identification
Ophioderma holmesii (Lyman, 1860) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiodermatidae
Determiner: World Register of Marine Species
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Ophiura Holmesii Lyman, 1860
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Reviewed by Gordon Hendler May 2013; Identification Made Date: 1860

Lyman 1860, page 255, Holotype of Ophiura Holmesii Lyman, 1860
Media type: text; Lyman 1860 Description: New Ophiuridae belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology;

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Shows Publication: Lyman 1860 Description: New Ophiuridae belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology

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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 2022-10-04
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-04   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) broken in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-04

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • South Carolina
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Charleston
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Charleston, S.C.
  • Georeference:
  • 32.7547880°, -79.867144° (Error radius: 8016m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-08-05 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1847-01-01 / 1853-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1847-1853
  • Collectors:
  • Francis Simmons Holmes; Louis Agassizlinked data icon

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