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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.45480-007

Preserved specimen of MELAMPHAIDAE | Crusthead recorded on 2010-12-05
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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 Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number I.45480-007
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1409159","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.45480-007"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.45480-007
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by J. Paxton  
Collector 1.  Paxton, John Richard   2.  Australian Museum  
Supplied as "Paxton, Dr John Richard - Australian Museum"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [RMT8]
Date identified 2011
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "2";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1145534
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "2";
Occurrence date 2010-12-05
Sampling protocol RMT8  
Date precision DAY
Event time 20:18

Taxonomy

Scientific name MELAMPHAIDAE
Identified to rank family
Common name Crusthead
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Family Melamphaidae
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Melamphaidae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Latitude -16.48874
Supplied as: "-16.48874"
Longitude 147.20125
Supplied as: "147.20125"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Cairns Seamount, ENE Cairns & Cape Grafton, W of Holmes Reef, 50 nmiles E of GBR
Water body Coral Sea
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.45480] Coral Sea, Australia, Cairns Seamount, ENE Cairns & Cape Grafton, W of Holmes Reef, 50 nmiles E of GBR (16° 30' 32" S, 147° 11' 28" E) 05/12/2010 - 05/12/2010, RMT8, Field Collected - Aquatic, RV Cape Ferguson Cruise 5157";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 5.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 16° 29' 19.5" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 12' 4.5" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2011/12/22
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Coral Sea
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 West Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Transition
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Coral Sea Marine Park
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone