Invertebrate Zoology OPH-5874: Ophiacantha scutigera

South Africa, off Durban
Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western
Aug, 1929 (1929-08-01 - 1929-08-31)
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Identifications

Ophiacantha scutigera Mortensen, 1933

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiacanthidae Ophiacantha scutigera

Identified by Theodor Mortensen in 1933
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Mortensen 1933, Page 317, Paratype of Ophiacantha scutigera

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Indian Ocean
Specific Locality:	South Africa, off Durban
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	-30.004757° 31.493164° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 71198 m
	Penny Benson; 2015-04-05; Source: GEOLocate
	Coordinate Remarks: Georeferenced off the coast of what is currently called Durban
Collecting Date:	Aug, 1929 (1929-08-01 - 1929-08-31)

Collectors

Theodor Mortensen

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry)	poor (missing legs)	in collection	1

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