Specimen F 68612 Macrophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855)

• Taxon Name

  Macrophiothrix spongicola

• Author and date of publication

  (Stimpson, 1855)

• Preferred Common name

  Brittle Star

• Identified By

  P M. O'Loughlin

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Dry

• Expedition Name

  EGSS - East Gippsland Scallop Survey

• Collected By

  National Museum of Victoria

• Collection Event Code

  EGSS 202

• Sampling Method

  dredge, scallop

• Date Visited From

  27/02/1971

• Date Visited To

  27/02/1971

• Depth From (m)

  33

• 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

  spongicola