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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z17503

Preserved specimen of Archaster angulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 recorded on 1980-11-10
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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 Z17503
Other catalog numbers ["37-81"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:17503
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector Heald, D. (Fish Deptartment)
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1981-01-01

Event

Occurrence date 1980-11-10
Supplied as year:0 
End day of year 315
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 315

Taxonomy

Scientific name Archaster angulatus
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Archasteridae
Genus Archaster
Species Archaster angulatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Müller & Troschel, 1842
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -28.8
Supplied as: "-28.8000"
Longitude 114.0333
Supplied as: "114.0333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island Hummock Island
Island group Houtman Abrolhos, Pelsaert Group
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 28°48`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 114°02`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Houtman Abrolhos Islands
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Abrolhos Islands
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Abrolhos Islands
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Abrolhos Islands
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Agricultural
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Agricultural Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Agricultural Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Abrolhos Islands
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF NORTHAMPTON
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) AGRICULTURAL REGION

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 102.0 frequency
    Species Richness 64.0 frequency