MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1194

Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Date Collected:

1860-01-01/1862-03-01

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western: Tanzania: Zanzibar | [no specific locality data]

Current Identification
Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Common Name(s): savigny's brittle star
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy
Previous Identification
Ophiactis sexradia (Grube, 1857) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: field ID

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: photographed by Noe Salgado Ortiz September 2015

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Country:
  • Tanzania
  • State/Province:
  • Zanzibar
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Zanzibar
  • Georeference:
  • -6.1238240°, 39.3375170° (Error radius: 46495m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce on 2020-04-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1860-01-01 / 1862-03-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1860-1862
  • Collector:
  • Caleb Cooke

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