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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F96074

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 1969-11-10
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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 F96074
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F96074
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry
Identified by Richard A. Pollack  
Collector Dr Brian J. Smith
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
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Date identified 1971

Event

Occurrence date 1969-11-10
Supplied date "1969-11-10T00:00:00\1969-11-10T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Spinulosacea | Spinulosida | Echinasteridae
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
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Western Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Cheyne Beach
Latitude -34.87
Supplied as: "-34.87"
Longitude 151.27
Supplied as: "151.27"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Cheyne Beach
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone