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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z56281

Preserved specimen of Ophiopteron elegans Ludwig, 1888 recorded on 1987-02-16
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "MIZ"
Catalog number Z56281
Other catalog numbers ["119-87"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:56281
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector 1.  Marsh   2.  , L.M.   3.  , S.M.  
Supplied as "Marsh, L.M. & Slack-Smith, S.M."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID WAM-AIMS Christmas Island (IO) Survey 1987
Occurrence date 1987-02-16
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiopteron elegans
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Supplied as "Amphilepidida"
Family Ophiotrichidae
Genus Ophiopteron
Species Ophiopteron elegans
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Ludwig, 1888
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -10.4591
Supplied as: "-10.4591"
Longitude 105.7058
Supplied as: "105.7058"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 5
Island Christmas Island
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to Report
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10°27.55`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 105°42.35`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Christmas Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Christmas Island
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Christmas Island Province
    World Country Boundaries Christmas Island

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.133333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 74.0 %