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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F87236

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra atyphoida (H.L. Clark, 1916) | Sea Star recorded on 1981-11-13
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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 F87236
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F87236
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by P M. O'Loughlin  
Collector Museum Victoria  
Supplied as "Dr Robin S. Wilson - Museum Victoria"
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 BSS 160
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [Epibenthic Sled]
Dataset / Survey name [Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)]
Date identified 2000

Event

Dataset / Survey name Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)  
Event ID BSS 160
Field Number BSS 160
Occurrence date 1981-11-13
Supplied date "1981-11-13T23:28:00\1981-11-13T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol Epibenthic Sled  
Date precision DAY
Event time 23:28:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Valvatacea | Valvatida | Asterinidae
Scientific name Meridiastra atyphoida
Supplied scientific name "Meridiastra atyphoida (Clark, 1916)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Sea Star
Supplied common name "Seastar"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra atyphoida
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (H.L. Clark, 1916)
Supplied as (Clark, 1916)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Tasmania
Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Central Bass Strait, 25 km S of Deal Island
Latitude -39.7283
Supplied as: "-39.7283"
Longitude 147.327
Supplied as: "147.327"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Central Bass Strait, 25 km S of Deal Island
Minimum depth in metres 59
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Flinders