Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Ophiactis abyssicola

  • Author and date of publication

    Sars, 1861

  • Preferred Common name

    Brittle Star

  • Date Identified

    2006

  • Identified By

    Dr Tim D. O'Hara

  • Number Of Specimens

    3

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

    Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: Unfixed ethanol, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Expedition Name

    NORFANZ

  • Collected By

    Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria, NORFANZ team

  • Collection Event Code

    TAN0308-009

  • Sampling Method

    Epibenthic Sled

  • Date Visited From

    12/05/2003 9:11 AM

  • Date Visited To

    12/05/2003 9:29 AM

  • Depth To (m)

    1185

  • Depth From (m)

    1145

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Ocean

    Tasman Sea

  • Country

    New Zealand

  • Precise Location

    South Norfolk Ridge, off the Three Kings Islands

  • Latitude

    -34.0481

  • Longitude

    171.136

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    original