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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F168046

Preserved specimen of Ophiacantha clavigera Koehler, 1907 | Brittle Star recorded on 2008-02-06
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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 F168046
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F168046
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|Unfixed ethanol|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Tim D. O'Hara  
Collector 1.  Salotti, Mark   2.  Western Australian Museum   3.  Slack-Smith, S.   4.  Western Australian Museum  
Supplied as "Mark Salotti - Western Australian Museum | S Slack-Smith - Western Australian Museum"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 3
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 RVS 4545 D104
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Date identified 2009

Event

Event ID RVS 4545 D104
Field Number RVS 4545 D104
Occurrence date 2008-02-06
Supplied date "2008-02-06T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

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 | Western Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Ningaloo
Latitude -24.0137
Supplied as: "-24.0137"
Longitude 113.409
Supplied as: "113.409"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Ningaloo
Minimum depth in metres 56.6
Maximum depth in metres 57
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Ningaloo
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Ningaloo
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Western Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Ningaloo
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF CARNARVON