MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2355

Macrophiothrix megapoma H.L. Clark, 1938

Paratype of Macrophiothrix megapoma

Date Collected:

1874-09-08

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Australia: Queensland | near Mowaru Island

Current Identification
Macrophiothrix megapoma H.L. Clark, 1938 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1938
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Clark 1938 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. LV

  • station number: 186

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) poor (missing arms) in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-12
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Queensland
  • Specific Locality:
  • near Mowaru Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • North Queensland: Cape York
  • Depth:
  • 8 fms
  • Georeference:
  • -10.500000°, 142.300000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1874-09-08 (Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (10° 30′ 0″ S  142° 18′ 0″ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1874-09-08
  • Verbatim Date:
  • September 8, 1874
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

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