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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K4123

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Marine Invertebrates"
Catalog number K4123
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:389859"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry Specimen
Identified by Zeidler, W  
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1984-10-

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:33038
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -33.25
Supplied as: "-33.25"
Longitude 33.25
Supplied as: "33.25"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 150 km SW of Eyre
Coordinate precision 0.01
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 33 15 S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 033 15 E

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