Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Ophiacantha cosmica

  • Author and date of publication

    Lyman, 1878

  • Preferred Common name

    Brittle Star

  • Date Identified

    2017

  • Identified By

    Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Expedition Name

    IN2017_C01 - GAB Deep Water Marine Program

  • Collected By

    Dr Alan Williams - CSIRO, et al

  • Collection Event Code

    IN2017 C01 178

  • Sampling Method

    Beam Trawl - CSIRO Four Metre

  • Date Visited From

    16/04/2017 3:58 PM

  • Date Visited To

    16/04/2017

  • Depth To (m)

    3950

  • Depth From (m)

    3817

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    IN2017 C01 178

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    South Australia

  • Precise Location

    Great Australian Bight, OR21

  • Latitude

    -35.7158

  • Longitude

    131.656

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference Date

    2017-09-14T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Maylene Loo - CSIRO Marine Research