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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F80857

Preserved specimen of Ophiactis abyssicola (M. Sars, 1861) | Brittle Star recorded on 1988-10-26
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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 F80857
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F80857
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria  
Identified date 1997
Collector Museum Victoria  
Supplied as "Dr Gary C. Poore - Museum Victoria | et al"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 6
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 SLOPE 72
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, 3.5 m beam]
Dataset / Survey name [SLOPE]
Date identified 1997

Event

Dataset / Survey name SLOPE  
Event ID SLOPE 72
Field Number SLOPE 72
Occurrence date 1988-10-26
Supplied date "1988-10-26T12:20:00\1988-10-26T13:00:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, 3.5 m beam  
Date precision DAY
Event time 12:20:00\13:00:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Ophiuroidea | Myophiuroidea | Ophintegrida | Amphilepidida | Gnathophiurina | Ophiactoidea | Ophiactidae
Scientific name Ophiactis abyssicola
Supplied scientific name "Ophiactis abyssicola Sars, 1861"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittle Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Supplied as "Amphilepidida"
Family Ophiactidae
Genus Ophiactis
Species Ophiactis abyssicola
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (M. Sars, 1861)
Supplied as Sars, 1861
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality 85 km S of Point Hicks
Latitude -38.5235
Supplied as: "-38.5235"
Longitude 149.352
Supplied as: "149.352"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality 85 km S of Point Hicks
Minimum depth in metres 1986
Maximum depth in metres 1360
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID SLOPE 72

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Transition
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone