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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:W.37774

Preserved specimen of Thormora argus (Quatrefages, 1865) | Scale Worm recorded on 1993-03-21
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number W.37774
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1414468","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:W.37774"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:W.37774
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Wilson, Dr Robin S. - Museum Victoria - Marine Invertebrates Laboratory  
Collector 1.  Hutchings, Patricia Ann   2.  Australian Museum   3.  Invertebrates, Marine  
Supplied as "Hutchings, Dr Patricia Ann - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [hand collected on SCUBA]
Date identified 2011

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1044914
Occurrence date 1993-03-21
Sampling protocol hand collected on SCUBA  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Thormora argus
Supplied scientific name "Thormora argus (Quatrefages, 1865)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Scale Worm
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Family Polynoidae
Genus Thormora
Species Thormora argus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Thormora argus (Quatrefages, 1865)
Scientific name authorship (Quatrefages, 1865)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Quatrefages, 1865)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -32.333
Supplied as: "-32.333"
Longitude 115.716
Supplied as: "115.716"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality west of Penguin Island, Warnbro Sound
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Western Australia, west of Penguin Island, Warnbro Sound (32° 20' S, 115° 43' E) 21/03/1993 - 21/03/1993, hand collected on SCUBA";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 20' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115° 43' E

Additional properties

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dcterms modified 2011/11/23
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Shoalwater Islands
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Shoalwater Islands
    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 ROCKINGHAM