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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F240267

Preserved specimen of Mediaster australiensis H.L. Clark, 1916 | Seastar recorded on 2004-04-21
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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 F240267
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F240267
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Christopher Mah - Smithsonian Institution  
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 SS0404 65
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Date identified 2016-05-24
Supplied as 24/05/2016

Event

Event ID SS0404 65
Field Number SS0404 65
Occurrence date 2004-04-21
Supplied date "2004-04-21T00:00:00\2004-04-21T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Valvatacea | Valvatida | Goniasteridae
Scientific name Mediaster australiensis
Supplied scientific name "Mediaster australiensis Clark, 1916"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Goniasteridae
Genus Mediaster
Species Mediaster australiensis
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 Pieman Canyon
Latitude -41.7776
Supplied as: "-41.7776"
Longitude 144.575
Supplied as: "144.575"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Pieman Canyon
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmania Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone