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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F72115

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 1982-03-06
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F72115
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F72115
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by P M. O'Loughlin  
Collector 1.  Larsen, C.   2.  Barber, G.  
Supplied as "C Larsen | G Barber"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number CPA 14
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [SCUBA]
Dataset / Survey name [CPA - Wilsons Promontory/Cape Paterson Survey (1982)]
Date identified 1982

Event

Dataset / Survey name CPA - Wilsons Promontory/Cape Paterson Survey (1982)  
Event ID CPA 14
Field Number CPA 14
Occurrence date 1982-03-06
Supplied date "1982-03-06T00:00:00\1982-03-06T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol SCUBA  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Spinulosacea | Spinulosida | Echinasteridae
Scientific name Plectaster decanus
Supplied scientific name "Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Spinulosida
Family Echinasteridae
Genus Plectaster
Species Plectaster decanus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality 1 km east of Harmers Haven, 500 m offshore
Latitude -38.67
Supplied as: "-38.67"
Longitude 145.581
Supplied as: "145.581"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality 1 km east of Harmers Haven, 500 m offshore
Minimum depth in metres 11
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Location ID CPA 14

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Bunurong Marine Park
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Bunurong Marine Park
    NRM Regions 2010 West Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 West Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 West Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central Victoria
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Topography
    Elevation 12.0 m