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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F69013

Preserved specimen of Ophiacantha clavigera Koehler, 1907 | Brittle Star recorded on 1981-01-31
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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 F69013
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F69013
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria  
Identified date 1984
Collector Museums Victoria  
Supplied as "Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria | et al"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 20
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 BSS 120 S
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [WHOI epibenthic sled]
Dataset / Survey name [Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)]
Date identified 1984

Event

Dataset / Survey name Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)  
Event ID BSS 120 S
Field Number BSS 120 S
Occurrence date 1981-01-31
Supplied date "1981-01-31T14:10:00\1981-01-31T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol WHOI epibenthic sled  
Date precision DAY
Event time 14:10:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Ophiuroidea | Myophiuroidea | Ophintegrida | Ophiacanthida | Ophiacanthina | Ophiacanthidae
Scientific name Ophiacantha clavigera
Supplied scientific name "Ophiacantha clavigera Koehler, 1907"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittle Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Supplied as "Ophiacanthida"
Family Ophiacanthidae
Genus Ophiacantha
Species Ophiacantha clavigera
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Koehler, 1907
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Western Bass Strait, 26 km SW of Cape Otway
Latitude -39.0167
Supplied as: "-39.0167"
Longitude 143.368
Supplied as: "143.368"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Western Bass Strait, 26 km SW of Cape Otway
Minimum depth in metres 84
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID BSS 120 S

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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 Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway