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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F305553

Preserved specimen of Ophiolycus pertinax (Koehler, 1904) | Brittle Star recorded on 2021-07-08
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F305553
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F305553
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|Wet|ethanol 95%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria  
Collector O'Hara et. al IN2021 V04 IOT Marine Invertebrates Team  
Supplied as "O'Hara et. al IN2021 V04 IOT Marine Invertebrates Team"
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number IN2021 V04 016
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [Sherman sled]
Dataset / Survey name [IN2021 V04 - Investigating The IOT]
Date identified 2021

Event

Dataset / Survey name IN2021 V04 - Investigating The IOT  
Event ID IN2021 V04 016
Field Number IN2021 V04 016
Occurrence date 2021-07-08
Supplied date "2021-07-08T14:46:00\2021-07-08T15:08:00"
Sampling protocol Sherman sled  
Date precision DAY
Event time 14:46:00\15:08:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Ophiuroidea | Ophioscolecida | Ophioscolecidae
Scientific name Ophiolycus pertinax
Supplied scientific name "Ophioscolex pertinax Koehler, 1904"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittle Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Supplied as "Ophioscolecida"
Family Ophiomyxidae
Supplied as "Ophioscolecidae"
Genus Ophiolycus
Supplied as "Ophioscolex"
Species Ophiolycus pertinax
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Koehler, 1904)
Supplied as Koehler, 1904
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Indian Ocean | Australia | Christmas Island
Country Australia
State or Territory Christmas Island
Locality Indian Ocean Territories: Christmas Island NW
Latitude -10.4298
Supplied as: "-10.4298"
Longitude 105.565
Supplied as: "105.565"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Indian Ocean Territories: Christmas Island NW
Water body Indian Ocean
Minimum depth in metres 781
Maximum depth in metres 1114
Island Christmas Island
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol data provided with specimen(s)
Georeferenced by Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2021-08-10T00:00
Supplied as 2021-08-10T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Location ID IN2021 V04 016

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Christmas Island
    NRM Regions 2010 Christmas Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Christmas Island
    IMCRA 4 Regions Christmas Island Province