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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z2912

Preserved specimen of Ophiosphalma elegans (Koehler, 1897) recorded on 1983-08-19
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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 Z2912
Other catalog numbers ["469-85"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:2912
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hottenrott, S.I.  
Collector 1.  Berry   2.  , P.F.   3.  Sinclair   4.  , N.  
Supplied as "Berry, P.F. & Sinclair, N."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1998-01-01

Event

Event ID RV "Courageous" Cruise II 1983
Occurrence date 1983-08-19
Supplied as year:1983  month:8  day:19 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiosphalma elegans
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiolepididae
Supplied as "Ophiuridae"
Genus Ophiosphalma
Supplied as "Ophiomusium"
Species Ophiosphalma elegans
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Koehler, 1897)
Supplied as Koehler, 1897
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -16.7666
Supplied as: "-16.7666"
Longitude 119.7333
Supplied as: "119.7333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality CO2/83/014
Island Mermaid Reef
Island group Rowley Shoals
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 16°46`S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 119°44`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Rowley Shoals
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Transition
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone