MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1571

Ophionephthys limicola Lütken, 1869

Syntype of Ophionephthys limicola

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1882-01-01

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Virgin Islands of the United States | St. Thomas

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Christian Lütken in 1869
Nature of ID: type ID

Lutken 1869, page 24, Syntype of Ophionephthys limicola Lütken, 1869 per Downey 1969, unable to verify PB 2014
Media type: text; Lutken 1869 Description: Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum;

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Shows Publication: Lutken 1869 Description: Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum

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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 2022-10-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-07   determined by=Nina Black  
unknown (dry) unknown unknown 3 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-07

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Virgin Islands of the United States
  • Specific Locality:
  • St. Thomas
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • St. Thomas, DWI
  • Georeference:
  • 18.3798120°, -64.927338° (Error radius: 15923m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-04-01 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1882-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Albert H. Riise

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