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  • Invertebrate Zoology OPH-843 MCZ Invertebrate Zoology
  • Ophiernus seminudus
  • partial animal (70% ethanol)
  •    Syntype of Ophiernus seminudus
  • Off Galera Point
  • Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Ecuador
  • March 23, 1891
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Identifications
Ophiernus seminudus Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophiernus seminudus
Identified by Christian Lutken, Theodor Mortensen in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID
Citations
Lutken and Mortensen 1899, Page 105, Syntype of Ophiernus seminudus
plate V figs 10-12
 
Media of type text, Lutken and Mortensen 1899. Description:MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2
text (text/html)
Media Details
MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIII no. 2
 
Locality and Collecting Event Details
Continent/Ocean: Pacific Ocean
Country: Ecuador
Specific Locality: Off Galera Point
Verbatim Locality: Ecuador: off Galera Point
Collecting Source: wild caught
Depth: 1573 fms
Coordinates: 1° 7´ 0´´ N 80° 21´ 0´´ W (Datum: unknown)
[no agent data]; 1891-03-23; Source: unknown
Collecting Date: March 23, 1891
Collectors
USFC Steamer Albatross
Identifiers
station number: 3398
Part Details
Part Name Condition Disposition # Remarks
partial animal (70% ethanol) poor (broken arms) in collection 2
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