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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z39842

Preserved specimen of Fromia polypora H.L. Clark, 1916 | Seastar recorded on 2019-03-13
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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 Z39842
Other catalog numbers ["498"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:39842
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 70% Ethanol
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Identified date 1/1/2019
Collector 1.  Fromont   2.  , J.   3.  Gomez   4.  , O.A.  
Supplied as "Fromont, J. & Gomez, O.A."
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [SCUBA]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2019-01-01
Supplied as 1/1/2019

Event

Event ID Scarborough March 2019
Occurrence date 2019-03-13
Supplied date "13/3/2019"
Sampling protocol SCUBA  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Fromia polypora
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Ophidiasteridae
Supplied as "Goniasteridae"
Genus Fromia
Species Fromia polypora
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship H.L. Clark, 1916
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -31.8768
Supplied as: "-31.8768"
Longitude 115.7067
Supplied as: "115.7067"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality S/D1
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31°52.609`S 
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°42.402`E

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    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Identification date before occurrence date Warning
    Name not supplied Warning
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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 165d361c-41a0-4d87-819c-18c77052c3ac
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -31.8768,115.7067
    Related records
    Record UUID 2a462eec-d965-440e-a8c2-abce3d46fa64
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -31.8768,115.7067

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    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 Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central West Coast
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)