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OZCAM (Online Zoo-log-i-cal Col-lec-tions of Aus-tralian Muse-ums) pro-vides access to an online data-base of records aggre-gated from fau-nal col-lec-tions data-bases in Aus-tralian museums.

Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:15:240

Preserved specimen of Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) caespitosa Lyman, 1879 | Brittlestar Species recorded on 1979-12-14
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Invertebrates
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number QVM:15:240
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations wet
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1979-12-14
Supplied as year:1979.0  month:12  day:14.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) caespitosa
Supplied scientific name "Ophiothrix caespitosa"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittlestar Species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiotrichidae
Genus Ophiothrix
Species Ophiothrix caespitosa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lyman, 1879
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Eddystone Point
Latitude -41.0
Supplied as: "-41.0"
Longitude 148.35
Supplied as: "148.35"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Depth 46.0

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    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Flinders
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)