MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2896

Conocladus australis (Verrill, 1876)

Holotype of Conocladus oxyconus

Date Collected:

1850-01-01/1909-01-01

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southwest: Australia: New South Wales | Port Jackson

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2896 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels;  Aspect: labels

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2896 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.;  Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2896 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.;  Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Conocladus australis (Verrill, 1876) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Gorgonocephalidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Conocladus oxyconus H.L. Clark, 1909 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalida Gorgonocephalidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1909
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1909, page 132, Holotype of Conocladus oxyconus H.L. Clark, 1909 figs 1-3
Media type: text; Clark 1909 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LII no. 7;

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Shows Publication: Clark 1909 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LII no. 7

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-03-06
Remarks: Lot photographed

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southwest
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • New South Wales
  • Specific Locality:
  • Port Jackson
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Port Jackson
  • Georeference:
  • -33.855494°, 151.235001° (Error radius: 7865m) By: Jennifer Goldstein on 2020-07-06 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1850-01-01 / 1909-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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