Specimen F 307632.3 Ophiambix aculeatus Lyman, 1880

• Taxon Name

  Ophiambix aculeatus

• Author and date of publication

  Lyman, 1880

• Preferred Common name

  Brittle Star

• Date Identified

  31/01/2023

• 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

  IN2022 V08 - Investigating The IOT (part 2)

• Collected By

  O'Hara et. al IN2022 V08 IOT 2 Marine Invertebrates Team, O'Hara et a.l IN2022 V08 IOT 2 Ichthyology Team

• Collection Event Code

  IN2022 V08 113

• Sampling Method

  Beam Trawl - CSIRO Four Metre

• Date Visited From

  9/10/2022 3:40 PM

• Date Visited To

  9/10/2022 4:11 PM

• Depth To (m)

  1936

• Depth From (m)

  1968

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Echinodermata

• Subphylum

  Asterozoa

• Class

  Ophiuroidea

• Superorder

  Ophintegrida

• Order

  Ophioscolecida

• Family

  Ophioscolecidae

• Genus

  Ophiambix

• Species Name

  aculeatus