MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5170

Macrophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855)

Date Collected:

1930-01-01/1930-12-31

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Eastern: Australia: Western Australia | Rottnest Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-5170 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Macrophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy
Remarks: Previously identified as Placophiothrix spongicola

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2025-05-13
Remarks: record entered

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Western Australia
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Rottnest Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • W.A.: Rottnest Id., West end
  • Georeference:
  • -32.004658°, 115.519226° (Error radius: 12728m) By: Penny Benson on 2014-09-26 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1930-01-01 / 1930-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1930
  • Verbatim Collectors:
  • Drummond
  • Collectors:
  • Drummond; Swan

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