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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F237930

Preserved specimen of Ophiarachnella Ljungman, 1872 | Brittle Star recorded on 2016-11-18
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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 F237930
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F237930
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|wet|ethanol 95%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Emeritus Professor Charles Griffiths - University of Cape Town  
Collector University of Cape Town  
Supplied as "Emeritus Professor Charles Griffiths - University of Cape Town"
Individual count 2
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [snorkel]

Event

Occurrence date 2016-11-18
Supplied date "2016-11-18T00:00:00\2016-11-18T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol snorkel  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Ophiuroidea | Myophiuroidea | Ophintegrida | Ophiacanthida | Ophiodermatina | Ophiodermatoidea | Ophiodermatidae
Scientific name Ophiarachnella
Supplied scientific name "Ophiarachnella capensis (Bell, 1888)"
Identified to rank genus
Supplied as "Species"
Common name Brittle Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Supplied as "Ophiacanthida"
Family Ophiodermatidae
Genus Ophiarachnella
Species Ophiarachnella capensis
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Ljungman, 1872
Supplied as (Bell, 1888)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography South Africa
Country South Africa
Locality False Bay, Millers Point
Latitude -34.2306
Supplied as: "-34.2306"
Longitude 18.4736
Supplied as: "18.4736"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality False Bay, Millers Point
Minimum depth in metres 1.5
Maximum depth in metres 1.5
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Earth
Georeference protocol google earth
Georeferenced by Emeritus Professor Charles Griffiths - University of Cape Town
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2016-11-18T00:00
Supplied as 2016-11-18T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code ZA

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries South Africa

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.516666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %