Specimen F 239910 Ophiocten australis Baker, 1979

• Taxon Name

  Ophiocten australis

• Author and date of publication

  Baker, 1979

• Preferred Common name

  Brittle Star

• Date Identified

  2017

• Identified By

  Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  52

• Specimen Nature

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

• Expedition Name

  IN2017_V03 - Sampling the Abyss

• Collected By

  O'Hara et. al IN2017 V03 abyss Marine Invertebrates Team

• Collection Event Code

  IN2017 V03 022

• Sampling Method

  Beam Trawl - CSIRO Four Metre

• Date Visited From

  22/05/2017 8:05 AM

• Date Visited To

  22/05/2017 9:08 AM

• Depth To (m)

  2692

• Depth From (m)

  2760

• 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

  Euryophiurida

• Order

  Ophiurida

• Suborder

  Ophiurina

• Family

  Ophiuridae

• Genus

  Ophiocten

• Species Name

  australis