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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.863

Preserved specimen of Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) caespitosa Lyman, 1879 | Brittlestar Species recorded on 1898-03-15
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number J.863
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1116341","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.863"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.863
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Clark, Dr Hubert Lyman - Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University  
Collector Waite, E.R.  
Supplied as "Waite, E. R."
Specimen type cited: Ophiothrix caespitosa Lyman, 1879 : Ophiotrichidae : : Ophiuroidea : Echinodermata
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Trawl]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1073130
Occurrence date 1898-03-15
Sampling protocol Trawl  
Date precision DAY
Event time 16:20

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) caespitosa
Supplied scientific name "Ophiothrix caespitosa Lyman, 1879"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittlestar Species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiotrichidae
Genus Ophiothrix
Species Ophiothrix caespitosa
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ophiothrix caespitosa Lyman, 1879
Scientific name authorship Lyman, 1879
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Lyman, 1879

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.95
Supplied as: "-33.95"
Longitude 151.35833
Supplied as: "151.35833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 8 - 9.5 km off Coogee
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[stn 44] Australia, New South Wales, 8 - 9.5 km off Coogee (33° 57' S, 151° 21' 30" E) 15/03/1898 - 15/03/1898, Trawl";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 57' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 21' 30.000" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/8/23
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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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 Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf