Atlas of African Echinoderma

Record details

EchinoMAP:   1953
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2632DD
Observer:   Tippett RM
Date of record:   2017-06-22
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Many found on jelly fish that had washed into the estuary after a spring high tide.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   301520
Species name:   Ophiocnemis marmorata
Common name:   Hitchhiker brittlestar
Family:   Ophiotrichidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Hitchhiker Brittlestar - Ophiocnemismarmorata
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=EchinoMAP-1953
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1953 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1953 - photo: 2
VM-number: 1953 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Charles Griffiths
Comment:   interesting observation and nice photos
Date:   2017-10-02 15:37:31
Species name:   Ophiocnemis marmorata -- Hitchhiker brittlestar
Species code:   301520

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