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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.32019

Preserved specimen of Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833 | Sandfish (sea Cucumber)
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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.32019
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:3192115,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.32019"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra
Supplied scientific name "Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833"
Identified to rank species
Common name Sandfish (sea Cucumber)
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Holothuriida
Family Holothuriidae
Genus Holothuria
Species Holothuria scabra
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833
Scientific name authorship Jaeger, 1833
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Jaeger, 1833

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -16.383333
Supplied as: "-16.383333"
Longitude 145.56667
Supplied as: "145.56667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Low Isles (16° 23' S, 145° 34' E) 10/06/2024 - 10/06/2024, Byrne, Dr Maria - University of Sydney - Schools of Medical and Biological Sciences(Collector)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16° 23' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 34' " E

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    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Wet Tropics
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Daintree-Bloomfield
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Wet Tropic Coast
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northeast Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Daintree-Bloomfield
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Wet Tropic Coast
    Indigenous
    2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Eastern Kuku Yalanji
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Eastern Kuku Yalanji
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Electorates March 2025 Leichhardt
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Douglas
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DOUGLAS SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Unresolved Tenure

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 19097.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2525.0 frequency