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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F69011

Preserved specimen of Ophiacantha clavigera Koehler, 1907 | Brittle Star recorded on 1980-10-11
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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 F69011
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F69011
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria  
Identified date 1984
Collector Museum Victoria  
Supplied as "Dr Gary C. Poore - Museum Victoria"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
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 85 G
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [Smith-McIntyre grab]
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 85 G
Field Number BSS 85 G
Occurrence date 1980-10-11
Supplied date "1980-10-11T00:00:00\1980-10-11T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol Smith-McIntyre grab  
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 | Tasmania
Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Western Bass Strait, 48 km WNW of Stokes Point, King Island
Latitude -40.05
Supplied as: "-40.05"
Longitude 143.4
Supplied as: "143.4"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Western Bass Strait, 48 km WNW of Stokes Point, King Island
Minimum depth in metres 122
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID BSS 85 G

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    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone