Brittle star
NH:1899.114.582
Holding institution:
Donor:
British Museum (Trustees of the)1899-08-08
Licence:
HMS Challenger project IPR statement
Scientific name:
Macrophiothrix longipeda
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
10 September 1874 - 10 September 1874
Form:
Fluid
Station:
188
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Ophiuroidea
Order:
Ophiurida
Family:
Ophiotrichidae
Genus:
Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938
Species:
Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms:
Ophiothrix longipeda
Station/Area Information
Station:
188
Date collected:
10/09/1874
Area:
Arafura Sea
Water body:
Arafura Sea
FAO:
71
Depth (Fathoms):
28 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-9.98
Decimal Longitude:
139.70
Gear:
Dredge & Trawl
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02327
Notes:
Previous name: Ophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck). The area was recorded as Tongatabu on the museum database but date, depth, longitude, latitude and station number all match up to be Arafura Sea. This species was found at Tongatabu though.
