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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z47800

Preserved specimen of Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck, 1816) | Small Knob Coral recorded on 1978-08-16
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "MIZ"
Catalog number Z47800
Other catalog numbers ["941-81"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:47800
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Veron, J.E.N.  
Collector Marsh, L.M.
Individual count 1
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 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1981-01-01

Event

Occurrence date 1978-08-16
Supplied as year:1978  month:8  day:16 
End day of year 228
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 228

Taxonomy

Scientific name Plesiastrea versipora
Identified to rank species
Common name Small Knob Coral
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Scleractinia
Family Plesiastreidae
Genus Plesiastrea
Species Plesiastrea versipora
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -22.6888
Supplied as: "-22.6888"
Longitude 113.6556
Supplied as: "113.6556"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island Ningaloo Reef
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to GooglEarth
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 22°41`20"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 113°39`20"E

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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 21f4e27b-115e-4592-b972-62526f366ee2
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Plesiastrea versipora
    Coordinates -22.6888,113.6556
    Related records
    Record UUID 88c5fd31-2097-4f79-ac3c-508447e96f5f
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -22.6888,113.6556

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Ningaloo
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Ningaloo
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Ningaloo
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Ningaloo
    NRM Regions 2010 Fitzroy
    NRM Regions 2017 Fitzroy
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Fitzroy
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Western Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Ningaloo
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ISAAC REGIONAL

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 859.0 frequency
    Species Richness 280.0 frequency