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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15039

Preserved specimen of Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) spongicola Stimpson, 1855 | Brittlestar Species recorded on 1982-01-29
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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 J.15039
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1134041","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15039"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15039
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by A. Hoggett & L. Vail  
Collector 1.  Hoggett, A.   2.  Vail, L.   3.  Johnson, D.  
Supplied as "A. Hoggett, L. Vail & D. Johnson"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1982

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1040623
Occurrence date 1982-01-29
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) spongicola
Supplied scientific name "Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittlestar Species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiotrichidae
Genus Ophiothrix
Species Ophiothrix spongicola
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855
Scientific name authorship Stimpson, 1855
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Stimpson, 1855

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -30.333
Supplied as: "-30.333"
Longitude 153.15
Supplied as: "153.15"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Coffs Harbour, inside breakwater
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Coffs Harbour, inside breakwater (30° 20' S, 153° 09' E) 29/01/1982 - 29/01/1982";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 30° 20' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 9' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2019/3/20
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/20
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Solitary Islands
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Tweed-Moreton
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)