Invertebrate Zoology OPH-816: Ophiozonella alba

east of Cocos Island
Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Panama
February 26, 1891
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Identifications

Ophiozonella alba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae Ophiozonella alba

Identified by World Register of Marine Species
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: confirmed by Daniela Yepes Gaurisas (April 2014)

Ophiozona alba Lütken, 1899

Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiolepididae Ophiozona alba

Identified by Christian Lutken in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Lutken and Mortensen 1899, Page 102, Syntype of Ophiozona alba

plate VI figs 7-9

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Media Details
MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Pacific Ocean
Country:	Panama
Specific Locality:	east of Cocos Island
Verbatim Locality:	Panama: east of Cocos Island
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	1175 fms
Coordinates:	5° 56´ 0´´ N 85° 10´ 30´´ W (Datum: unknown)
	[no agent data]; 1891-02-26; Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross
Collecting Date:	February 26, 1891

Collectors

USFC Steamer Albatross

Identifiers

station number: 3362

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
fragment (dry)	unknown	being processed	1	removed for SEM by Tania Pineda-Enriquez (sample 337) - Arm segment: proximal 2 to 4 seg
whole animal (70% ethanol)	good	in collection	1

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