Specimen F 173918 Macrophiothrix variabilis (Duncan, 1887)

• Taxon Name

  Macrophiothrix variabilis

• Author and date of publication

  (Duncan, 1887)

• Preferred Common name

  Brittle Star

• Date Identified

  2011

• Identified By

  Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Whole, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Expedition Name

  Joint Geoscience Australia Survey (GA0325) and Australian Institute of Marine Science Survey (Sol5117)

• Collected By

  Australian Institute of Marine Science, Geoscience Australia (GA)

• Collection Event Code

  SOL5117 064BS035

• Date Visited From

  24/08/2010

• Date Visited To

  24/08/2010

• Depth To (m)

  51.1

• Depth From (m)

  51.3

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Echinodermata

• Subphylum

  Asterozoa

• Class

  Ophiuroidea

• Subclass

  Myophiuroidea

• Superorder

  Ophintegrida

• Order

  Amphilepidida

• Suborder

  Gnathophiurina

• Superfamily

  Ophiactoidea

• Family

  Ophiotrichidae

• Genus

  Macrophiothrix

• Species Name

  variabilis