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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F242206

Preserved specimen of Zygometra microdiscus (Bell, 1882) | Feather Star recorded on 2012-10-18
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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 F242206
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F242206
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|Wet|ethanol 95%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Kate M. Naughton - Museum Victoria  
Identified date 18/07/2014
Collector Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery  
Supplied as "Dr Belinda Alvarez de Glasby - Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery"
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 SS2012t07 12
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [Benthic Sled]
Date identified 2014-07-18
Supplied as 18/07/2014

Event

Event ID SS2012t07 12
Field Number SS2012t07 12
Occurrence date 2012-10-18
Supplied date "2012-10-18T00:00:00\2012-10-18T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol Benthic Sled  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Crinozoa | Crinoidea | Articulata | Comatulida | Zygometridae
Scientific name Zygometra microdiscus
Supplied scientific name "Zygometra elegans (Bell, 1882)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Feather Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Crinoidea
Order Comatulida
Family Zygometridae
Genus Zygometra
Species Zygometra microdiscus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Bell, 1882)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Northern Territory
Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality Arafura Sea
Latitude -10.9626
Supplied as: "-10.9626"
Longitude 136.8
Supplied as: "136.8"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Arafura Sea
Minimum depth in metres 62.8
Maximum depth in metres 60.6
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources data provided with specimen(s)
Georeference protocol unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Area Management
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    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Arafura
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Wessel Marine Park
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