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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F263220

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 1971-01-22
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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 F263220
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F263220
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|dry
Identified by R A. Pollock  
Identified date /02/1971
Collector Watson, J.E.  
Supplied as "J E. Watson"
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
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Date identified /02/1971

Event

Occurrence date 1971-01-22
Supplied date "1971-01-22T00:00:00\1971-01-22T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

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 | South Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island
Verbatim locality Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code AU

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