Invertebrate Zoology OPH-921: Ophioplinthus carinata

French Southern & Antarctic Lands, Iles Kerguelen
Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern
1874-1876 (1874-01-01 - 1876-12-31)
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Identifications

Ophioplinthus carinata (Studer, 1876)

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiuridae Ophioplinthus carinata

Identified by [no agent data] on 2015-02-27
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS

Ophiolepis carinata Studer, 1876

Animalia Echinodermata Asterozoa Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiurina Ophiolepididae Ophiolepis carinata

Identified by Theophile R. Studer in 1876
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Studer 1876, Page 460, Syntype of Ophiolepis carinata

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Indian Ocean
Specific Locality:	French Southern & Antarctic Lands, Iles Kerguelen
Verbatim Locality:	Kerguelen
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	-50.675055° 68.259955° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 257000 m
	Penny Benson; 2014-06-25; Source: Google Earth
	Coordinate Remarks: georeferenced to EEZ zone
Collecting Date:	1874-1876 (1874-01-01 - 1876-12-31)

Collectors

Gazelle Expedition

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (70% ethanol)	fair, arms missing	in collection	1

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