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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H1358

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | Seastar recorded on 1971-03
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number H1358
Occurrence ID TMAG: H1358
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by M. O'Loughlin  
Collector J. Veitch
Individual count 1.0
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 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Occurrence remarks low tide
Date identified 2002

Event

Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1971, Month: 3, Day:
Supplied date "1971-03"
Sampling protocol By hand  
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra gunnii
Original name usage Meridiastra gunnii
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra gunnii
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1840)
Supplied as (Gray,1840)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Spencer Gulf
Latitude -35.0
Supplied as: "-35.0"
Longitude 136.0
Supplied as: "136.0"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 1.0
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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 5012ed6b-0f4b-4581-88d8-af6a0e23191b
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Meridiastra gunnii
    Coordinates -35.0,136.0
    Related records
    Record UUID e0033787-2d8c-4530-9dd6-572daa9831aa
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Meridiastra gunnii
    Coordinates -35.0,136.0

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Thorny Passage
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Thorny Passage
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Thorny Passage
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Thorny Passage
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Eyre
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eyre
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Greater South Australia
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 5610.0 frequency
    Species Richness 403.0 frequency