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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F237925

Preserved specimen of Ophiomyxa australis Lütken, 1869 | Brittle Star recorded on 2016-11-15
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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 F237925
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F237925
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|wet|ethanol 95%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria  
Collector 1.  Museum Victoria   2.  Olbers, J.  
Supplied as "Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria | J Olbers"
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
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [SCUBA]

Event

Occurrence date 2016-11-15
Supplied date "2016-11-15T00:00:00\2016-11-15T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol SCUBA  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Ophiuroidea | Myophiuroidea | Ophintegrida | Ophiacanthida | Ophiodermatina | Ophiodermatoidea | Ophiomyxidae
Scientific name Ophiomyxa australis
Supplied scientific name "Ophiomyxa australis Lütken, 1869"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittle Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Supplied as "Ophiacanthida"
Family Ophiomyxidae
Genus Ophiomyxa
Species Ophiomyxa australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lütken, 1869
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Africa | South Africa
Country South Africa
Locality Scottburgh, Aliwah Shoal
Latitude -30.2672
Supplied as: "-30.2672"
Longitude 30.8178
Supplied as: "30.8178"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Scottburgh, Aliwah Shoal
Minimum depth in metres 12
Maximum depth in metres 17
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources data provided with specimen(s)
Georeference protocol gps
Georeferenced by Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria
Municipality Scottburgh
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Africa
Marine false
Country Code ZA

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