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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15640

Preserved specimen of Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) spongicola Stimpson, 1855 | Brittlestar Species recorded on 1972-05-17
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number J.15640
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1039631","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15640"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15640
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hoggett, Dr Anne - Australian Museum - Lizard Island Research Station  
Collector 1.  Hutchings, P.A.   2.  Weate, P.B.  
Supplied as "P.A. Hutchings & P.B. Weate"
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1982

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1031991
Occurrence date 1972-05-17
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) spongicola
Supplied scientific name "Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittlestar Species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiotrichidae
Genus Ophiothrix
Species Ophiothrix spongicola
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855
Scientific name authorship Stimpson, 1855
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Stimpson, 1855

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -30.216
Supplied as: "-30.216"
Longitude 153.266
Supplied as: "153.266"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality South West Solitary Island
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, South West Solitary Island (30° 13' S, 153° 16' E) 17/05/1972 - 17/05/1972";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 30° 13' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 16' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/20
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 3746cea8-aadd-487c-bea6-584f4b18bb1c
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855
    Coordinates -30.216,153.266
    Related records
    Record UUID 78e637ad-09fc-4a8c-9518-af3168f93a02
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855
    Coordinates -30.216,153.266
    Record UUID 9ecd6db4-153f-45ee-8ee2-4cde708098a0
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855
    Coordinates -30.216,153.266
    Record UUID fd6dd3f3-94ae-4143-b854-d9c4686898e3
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855
    Coordinates -30.216,153.266

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Solitary Islands
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Solitary Islands
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Solitary Islands
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Tweed-Moreton
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)