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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z9538

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | Seastar recorded on 1974-06-29
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "MIZ"
Catalog number Z9538
Other catalog numbers ["384-74"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:9538
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Identified date 1/1/1974
Collector Slack-Smith, S.M.  
Supplied as "Slack-Smith, S.M."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1974-01-01
Supplied as 1/1/1974

Event

Occurrence date 1974-06-29
Supplied date "29/6/1974"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra gunnii
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Supplied as "Patiriella"
Species Meridiastra gunnii
Name match metric fuzzyMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1840)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -31.9833
Supplied as: "-31.9833"
Longitude 115.5167
Supplied as: "115.5167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island Radar Reef
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to AUTOGAZ
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31°59`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°31`E

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    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Identification date before occurrence date Warning
    Name not supplied Warning
    Occurrence status inferred from individual count Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Rottnest Island
    NRM Regions 2010 Perth
    NRM Regions 2017 Swan Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Swan Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF COCKBURN