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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F305225

Preserved specimen of Sarcoptilus grandis Gray, 1848 | Coral recorded on 1981-11-18
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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 F305225
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F305225
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Specimen|Wet|ethanol
Identified by Lauren Timms - Museums Victoria  
Collector Museum Victoria  
Supplied as "Dr Robin S. Wilson - Museum Victoria"
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 176 S
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [WHOI epibenthic sled]
Dataset / Survey name [Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)]
Date identified 2022-06-23
Supplied as 23/06/2022

Event

Dataset / Survey name Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)  
Event ID BSS 176 S
Field Number BSS 176 S
Occurrence date 1981-11-18
Supplied date "1981-11-18T06:15:00\1981-11-18T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol WHOI epibenthic sled  
Date precision DAY
Event time 06:15:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Cnidaria | Anthozoa | Octocorallia | Pennatulacea | Subselliflorae | Pennatulidae
Scientific name Sarcoptilus grandis
Supplied scientific name "Sarcoptilus grandis Gray, 1848"
Identified to rank species
Common name Coral
Supplied common name "sea pen"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Pennatulacea
Family Pennatulidae
Genus Sarcoptilus
Species Sarcoptilus grandis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1848
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Eastern Bass Strait, 50 km SE of Port Albert
Latitude -38.905
Supplied as: "-38.905"
Longitude 147.223
Supplied as: "147.223"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Eastern Bass Strait, 50 km SE of Port Albert
Minimum depth in metres 58
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID BSS 176 S

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Twofold Shelf
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone