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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15574

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star recorded on 1973-05-11
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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.15574
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1143950","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15574"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15574
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hoggett, Dr Anne - Australian Museum - Lizard Island Research Station  
Collector Data, No  
Supplied as "No Data"
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 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella calcar";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1033193
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella calcar";
Occurrence date 1973-05-11
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra calcar
Supplied scientific name "Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Eight-armed Cushion Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra calcar
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Lamarck, 1816)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -32.416
Supplied as: "-32.416"
Longitude 152.533
Supplied as: "152.533"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Seal Rocks
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Seal Rocks (32° 25' S, 152° 32' E) 11/05/1973 - 11/05/1973";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 25' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 32' E

Additional properties

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

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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 2143089b-29b5-44d5-ac11-ddf018f2af4b
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
    Coordinates -32.416,152.533
    Related records
    Record UUID 7decdc87-42a0-4453-9ec3-039ff358b65e
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
    Coordinates -32.416,152.533

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Port Stephens - Great Lakes
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Port Stephens - Great Lakes
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Hunter
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Hunter
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Manning Shelf
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)