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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z47949

Preserved specimen of Comaster L. Agassiz, 1836 recorded on 1959-08-08
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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 Z47949
Other catalog numbers ["184-81"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:47949
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marshall, J.  
Collector 1.  Douglas   2.  , A.M.   3.  Mees   4.  , G.F.  
Supplied as "Douglas, A.M. & Mees, G.F."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1981-01-01

Event

Occurrence date 1959-08-08
Supplied as year:1959  month:8  day:8 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Comaster
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Crinoidea
Order Comatulida
Family Comatulidae
Supplied as "Comasteridae"
Genus Comaster
Species Comaster distinctus
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship L. Agassiz, 1836
Supplied as (Carpenter, 1888)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -22.1833
Supplied as: "-22.1833"
Longitude 114.1
Supplied as: "114.1000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island Un-named Reef
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to GooglEarth
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 22°11`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 114°06`00"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbarra (nearshore)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF EXMOUTH