MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-816

Ophiozonella alba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

Syntype of Ophiozona alba

Date Collected:

1891-02-26

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Panama | east of Cocos Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-816 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiozonella alba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae
Determiner: World Register of Marine Species
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: confirmed by Daniela Yepes Gaurisas (April 2014)
Previous Identification
Ophiozona alba Lütken, 1899
Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiolepididae
Determiner: Christian Lütken in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Lutken and Mortensen 1899, page 102, Syntype of Ophiozona alba Lütken, 1899 plate VI figs 7-9
Media type: text; Lutken and Mortensen 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2;

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  • station number: 3362

Part Condition Disposition Count
fragment (dry) unknown being processed 1 History (3)
Remarks: removed for SEM by Tania Pineda-Enriquez (sample 337) - Arm segment: proximal 2 to 4 seg
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-18
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-08   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2022-09-16
Remarks: locality checked, photographed, edited locality to match specimen labels
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-11-18

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Panama
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • east of Cocos Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Panama: east of Cocos Island
  • Depth:
  • 1175 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 5.93333333°, -85.175000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1891-02-26 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (5° 56′ 0″ N  85° 10′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-02-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 26, 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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  • [Masked]
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