MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5150

Macrophiothrix melanosticta (Grube, 1868)

Date Collected:

1900-01-01/1950-12-31

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Western Australia | Broome

Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2024-07-24
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: from original ID: Placophiothrix melanosticta (ref WoRMS, 2024-07-24)
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 8 History

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  • from original ID: Placophiothrix melanosticta no agent data but possibly Carnegie Australian Harvard Expedition, 1929.

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Western Australia
  • Specific Locality:
  • Broome
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • W.A., Broome
  • Georeference:
  • -17.971382°, 122.241280° (Error radius: 2672m) By: Jennifer Goldstein on 2020-02-27 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1900-01-01 / 1950-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • no verbatim date data
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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