Atlas of African Echinoderma

Record details

   [ Record 14 of 19120 ]   
EchinoMAP:   1926
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3228CC
Observer:   Griffiths C; Arno Botha
Date of record:   2017-04-27
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   302920
Species name:   Ophiothrix fragilis
Common name:   Hairy Brittlestar; Common brittlestar
Family:   Ophiothricidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Ophiothrix
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=EchinoMAP-1926
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1926 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1926 - photo: 2
VM-number: 1926 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Charles Griffiths
Comment:   note amazing variation in colour in this sp
Date:   2017-06-02 16:07:53
Species name:   Ophiothrix fragilis -- Hairy Brittlestar; Common brittlestar
Species code:   302920

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