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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K780

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Marine Invertebrates"
Catalog number K780
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:389667"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry Specimen
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:32856
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -33.5962
Supplied as: "-33.5962"
Longitude 134.7667
Supplied as: "134.7667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality West Island, N.E. corner
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33 35 46 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 134 46 00 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eyre
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings