Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Ophiotholia spathifer

  • Author and date of publication

    (Lyman, 1879)

  • Preferred Common name

    Brittle Star

  • Date Identified

    17/11/2022

  • Identified By

    Angelina Eichsteller - Senckenberg - German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB) - Wilhelmshaven

  • 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 163

  • Sampling Method

    Beam Trawl - CSIRO Four Metre

  • Date Visited From

    21/10/2022 4:44 PM

  • Date Visited To

    21/10/2022 5:23 PM

  • Depth To (m)

    527

  • Depth From (m)

    528

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    IN2022 V08 163

  • Ocean

    Indian Ocean

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Cocos (Keeling) Islands Territory

  • Precise Location

    Indian Ocean Territories: Muirfield Seamount

  • Latitude

    -13.1744

  • Longitude

    96.2373

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference Date

    2022-11-07T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria