Invertebrate Zoology OPH-822: Ophiozonella marmorea

off Frederickstadt
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Virgin Islands of the United States: Saint Croix
January 5, 1879
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Identifications

Ophiozonella marmorea (Lyman, 1883)

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiolepididae Ophiozonella marmorea

Identified by [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: confirmed by Daniela Yepes Gaurisas (April 2014); revised taxonomy fide WoRMS

Ophiozona marmorea Lyman, 1883

Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiolepididae Ophiozona marmorea

Identified by Hubert Lyman Clark
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Lyman 1883, Page 233, Paratype of Ophiozona marmorea

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Country:	Virgin Islands of the United States
Island:	Saint Croix
Specific Locality:	off Frederickstadt
Verbatim Locality:	Off St. Cruz, Frederickstadt
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	248 fms
Coordinates:	17° 37´ 15´´ N 64° 48´ 20´´ W (Datum: unknown)
	[no agent data]; 1879-01-05; Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith
Collecting Date:	January 5, 1879

Collectors

USCSS Blake Expeditions

Identifiers

station number: 134

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (70% ethanol)	good	in collection	3

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