Ophiacantha morphospecies

Amon, Diva J, Ziegler, Amanda F, Kremenetskaia, Antonina, Mah, Christopher L, Mooi, Rich, O'Hara, Tim, Pawson, David L, Roux, Michel & Smith, Craig R, 2017, Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Echinodermata, Biodiversity Data Journal 5, pp. 11794-11794 : 11794

cf. Ophiacantha morphospecies

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Diva J Amon, Amanda F Ziegler; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: Adult; behavior: Frequently observed on sponge stalks, rocks and seafloor; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; associatedReferences: Amon DJ, Ziegler AF, Dahlgren TG, Glover AG, Goineau A, Gooday AJ, Wiklund H, Smith CR. Insights into the abundance and diversity of abyssal megafauna in a polymetallic-nodule region in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Scientific Reports. 2016;6. doi: 10.1038/srep30492; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Ophiacantha morphospecies; scientificName: Ophiacantha sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Ophiuroidea; order: Ophiurida; family: Ophiacanthidae; genus: Ophiacantha; taxonRank: genus; scientificNameAuthorship: Muller & Troschel, 1842; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1) ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 3935; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.8604; decimalLongitude: -116.5484; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy: Tim O'Hara, Diva J, Amon, Amanda F Ziegler; dateIdentified: 2014; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol: Remotely Operated Vehicle; eventDate: 2013-10-21; eventTime: 4:27; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 6 (RV06); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Diva J Amon, Amanda F Ziegler; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: Adult; behavior: Frequently observed on sponge stalks, rocks and seafloor; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; associatedReferences: Amon DJ, Ziegler AF, Dahlgren TG, Glover AG, Goineau A, Gooday AJ, Wiklund H, Smith CR. Insights into the abundance and diversity of abyssal megafauna in a polymetallic-nodule region in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Scientific Reports. 2016;6. doi: 10.1038/srep30492; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Ophiacantha morphospecies; scientificName: Ophiacantha sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Ophiuroidea; order: Ophiurida; family: Ophiacanthidae; genus: Ophiacantha; taxonRank: genus; scientificNameAuthorship: Muller & Troschel, 1842; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1) ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4028; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.8631; decimalLongitude: -116.5486; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy: Tim O'Hara, Diva J, Amon, Amanda F Ziegler; dateIdentified: 2014; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol: Remotely Operated Vehicle; eventDate: 2013-10-21; eventTime: 5:02; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 6 (RV06); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation

Notes

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