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Occurrence record: Corals:G338679

Preserved specimen of Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck, 1816) | Small Knob Coral recorded on 2005-04-01
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Corals
Supplied collection code "Corals"
Catalog number G338679
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Corals:G338679
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by G Carini  
Collector CSIRO Sea Bed Diversity Project on RV James Kirby
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes TS8024432
Sampling protocol [Sled - Sherman]
Date identified 2006-01-01
Supplied as 01 Jan 2006

Event

Occurrence date 2005-04-01
Sampling protocol Sled - Sherman  
Verbatim event date 01 Apr 2005
End day of year 91
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 91

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Torres Straits
Latitude -10.42
Supplied as: "-10.42"
Longitude 142.31
Supplied as: "142.31"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Minimum depth in metres 11
Location remarks Site Number: 48701Sample Number: 038662
Field notes TS8024432
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 20.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10° 25' 12" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142° 18' 36" East

Additional properties

object id 435819

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) West Cape York
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northern Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions West Cape York
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Torres Strait
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 135.0 frequency
    Species Richness 53.0 frequency