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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z51855

Preserved specimen of Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck, 1816) | Small Knob Coral recorded on 1984-09-13
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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 Z51855
Other catalog numbers ["372-85"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:51855
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Veron, J.E.N.  
Collector Veron, J.E.N.
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [SCUBA]

Event

Event ID WAM Scott & Seringapatam Reefs Survey 1984
Occurrence date 1984-09-13
Sampling protocol SCUBA  
End day of year 257
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 257

Taxonomy

Scientific name Plesiastrea versipora
Identified to rank species
Common name Small Knob Coral
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Scleractinia
Family Plesiastreidae
Genus Plesiastrea
Species Plesiastrea versipora
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -13.9325
Supplied as: "-13.9325"
Longitude 121.9214
Supplied as: "121.9214"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 15
Island North Scott Reef
Island group Scott and Seringapatam Reefs
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to gEarth
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 13°55`57"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 121°55`17"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Scott Reef
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    IMCRA 4 Regions Timor Province

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 23333.0 frequency
    Species Richness 460.0 frequency