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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z2908

Preserved specimen of Ophiosphalma elegans (Koehler, 1897) recorded on 1992-02-07
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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 Z2908
Other catalog numbers ["595-92"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:2908
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hottenrott, S.I.  
Collector Wadley, V.  
Supplied as "Wadley, V."
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)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 1998-01-01

Event

Event ID FRV "Surefire" Cruise II 1992
Occurrence date 1992-02-07
Supplied as year:1992  month:2  day:7 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiosphalma elegans
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiolepididae
Supplied as "Ophiuridae"
Genus Ophiosphalma
Supplied as "Ophiomusium"
Species Ophiosphalma elegans
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Koehler, 1897)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -18.7666
Supplied as: "-18.7666"
Longitude 116.4
Supplied as: "116.4000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 5
Island group Dampier
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 18°46`S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 116°24`E

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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 1f37be25-b0b0-4cf1-baf3-719cd1f00392
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -18.7666,116.4
    Related records
    Record UUID 30f133df-0fd1-4451-a610-c0fcc9ca3f5d
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -18.7666,116.4011

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Rowley Shoals
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Transition
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone