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EchinoMAP:   840
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3217DD
Observer:   Spiby Jacky; Peter Southwood
Date of record:   2006-12-18
Number of photos:   1
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:   Amphiura capensis
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=EchinoMAP-840
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 840 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Charles Griffiths
Comment:   Parechinus also visible
Date:   2014-06-19 14:23:20
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Jennifer Olbers
Comment:   Agreed, Parechinus present as well
Date:   2014-07-08 10:23:49
Species name:   Ophiothrix fragilis -- Hairy Brittlestar; Common brittlestar
Species code:   302920

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