MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5155

Macrophiothrix melanosticta (Grube, 1868)

Date Collected:

1900-01-01/1950-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Australia: Northern Territory | Darwin, near Three and a Half Mile Reef

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
fragment (70% ethanol) fair in collection 1 History (3)

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

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Northern Territory
  • Specific Locality:
  • Darwin, near Three and a Half Mile Reef
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • N.T. Aus: Darwin, near Three and a Half Mile Reef
  • Georeference:
  • -12.457220°, 130.836639° (Error radius: 2517m) By: Penny Benson on 2022-05-05 (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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