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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F222759

Preserved specimen of Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) caespitosa Lyman, 1879 | Brittlestar Species recorded on 2015-03-27
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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 F222759
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F222759
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Tim O'Hara - Museum Victoria  
Collector Marine Research Group of FNCV
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 MRG 815
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [hand]

Event

Event ID MRG 815
Field Number MRG 815
Occurrence date 2015-03-27
Supplied date "2015-03-27T00:00:00\2015-03-27T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol hand  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Ophiuroidea | Myophiuroidea | Ophintegrida | Amphilepidida | Gnathophiurina | Ophiactoidea | Ophiotrichidae
Scientific name Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) caespitosa
Supplied scientific name "Ophiothrix caespitosa Lyman, 1879"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittlestar Species
Supplied common name "Five-armed Brittle Star"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Supplied as "Amphilepidida"
Family Ophiotrichidae
Genus Ophiothrix
Species Ophiothrix caespitosa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lyman, 1879
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Wreck Beach, Moonlight Head
Latitude -38.75
Supplied as: "-38.75"
Longitude 143.167
Supplied as: "143.167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Wreck Beach, Moonlight Head
Minimum depth in metres 0
Maximum depth in metres 1
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources data provided with specimen(s)
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Corangamite
    NRM Regions 2017 Corangamite
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Corangamite
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)