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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F89964

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 1981-02-06
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F89964
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F89964
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by P M. O'Loughlin  
Identified date 1982
Collector Museums Victoria  
Supplied as "Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria | et al"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number BSS 137 T
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, 20 metre]
Dataset / Survey name [Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)]
Date identified 1982

Event

Dataset / Survey name Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)  
Event ID BSS 137 T
Field Number BSS 137 T
Occurrence date 1981-02-06
Supplied date "1981-02-06T10:50:00\1981-02-06T11:02:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, 20 metre  
Date precision DAY
Event time 10:50:00\11:02:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Spinulosacea | Spinulosida | Echinasteridae
Scientific name Plectaster decanus
Supplied scientific name "Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Spinulosida
Family Echinasteridae
Genus Plectaster
Species Plectaster decanus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Tasmania
Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Central Bass Strait, 47 km W of Cape Sir John, Cape Barren Island
Latitude -40.4483
Supplied as: "-40.4483"
Longitude 147.422
Supplied as: "147.422"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Central Bass Strait, 47 km W of Cape Sir John, Cape Barren Island
Minimum depth in metres 55
Maximum depth in metres 55
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID BSS 137 T

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central Bass Strait
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone