Specimen F 99468 Macrophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855)

• Taxon Name

  Macrophiothrix spongicola

• Author and date of publication

  (Stimpson, 1855)

• Preferred Common name

  Brittle Star

• Identified By

  Sue C. Oldfield

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Wet, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Collected By

  S Shepard

• Date Visited From

  1/11/1969

• Date Visited To

  1/11/1969

• Depth To (m)

  20

• Depth From (m)

  10

• 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